AN ACT relating to special license plates.
     Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, to create a special license plate for the Kentucky Colonels; require the group to obtain a minimum 900 applications along with a $25 state fee for each application before the Transportation Cabinet is required to print the plate; provide that if the 900 applications are not submitted to the cabinet within a year of the effective date of the Act, the provisions creating the special plate are automatically repealed; require membership in the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels to be eligible for the plate; establish a renewal fee of $15; permit initial applicants and persons renewing their registration to make a voluntary $10 contribution that will be sent to the Kentucky Colonels to be used to provide grants to charitable and educational organizations; require the Kentucky Colonels to pay to annually audit the funds received from the sale of the license plate and submit the audit to the Transportation Cabinet.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 4-introduced in Senate
     Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
     Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
     Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
     Feb 22-to Transportation (H)