H.B. 33

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BLINDNESS PREVENTION CHECKOFF
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Afton B. Bradshaw
5 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AUTHORIZING A BLINDNESS
6 PREVENTION CHECKOFF FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS AND DRIVER
7 LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 ENACTS:
10 41-1a-230, Utah Code Annotated 1953
11 53-3-214.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 41-1a-230 is enacted to read:
14 41-1a-230. Registration checkoff for blindness prevention.
15 (1) A person who applies for a motor vehicle registration or registration renewal may
16 designate a voluntary contribution for blindness prevention of $1.
17 (2) This contribution shall be:
18 (a) collected by the division;
19 (b) treated as a voluntary contribution to Prevent Blindness Utah to provide blindness
20 prevention education, screening, and treatment and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
21 (c) transferred to Prevent Blindness Utah at least monthly, less actual administrative costs
22 associated with collecting and transferring the contributions.
23 Section 2. Section 53-3-214.5 is enacted to read:
24 53-3-214.5. License checkoff for blindness prevention.
25 (1) A person who applies for a license or license renewal may designate a voluntary
26 contribution for blindness prevention of $1.
27 (2) This contribution shall be:

28 (a) collected by the division;
29 (b) treated as a voluntary contribution to Prevent Blindness Utah to provide blindness
30 prevention education, screening, and treatment and not as a license fee; and
31 (c) transferred to Prevent Blindness Utah at least monthly, less actual administrative costs
32 associated with collecting and transferring the contributions.
33 Section 3. Effective date.
34 This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-21-99 8:39 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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