H.B. 154

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VISION SCREENING CHECKOFF FOR MOTOR
2 VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER
3 LICENSE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL
4 2003 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Sponsor: Katherine M. Bryson
7 This act modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by changing the registration check off name
8 from blindness prevention to vision screening. This act increases the check off voluntary
9 contribution amount from $1 to $2 and provides that Friends For Sight, which was
10 formerly Prevent Blindness Utah, shall receive the contributions. This act modifies the
11 Public Safety Code by changing the license check off name from blindness prevention to
12 vision screening. This act increases the voluntary contribution amount from $1 to $2 and
13 provides that Friends For Sight shall receive the contributions. This act takes effect July
14 1, 2003.
15 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
16 AMENDS:
17 41-1a-230, as enacted by Chapter 45, Laws of Utah 2000
18 53-3-214.5, as enacted by Chapter 45, Laws of Utah 2000
19 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
20 Section 1. Section 41-1a-230 is amended to read:
21 41-1a-230. Registration checkoff for vision screening.
22 (1) A person who applies for a motor vehicle registration or registration renewal may
23 designate a voluntary contribution for [blindness prevention] vision screening of [$1] $2.
24 (2) This contribution shall be:
25 (a) collected by the division;
26 (b) treated as a voluntary contribution to [Prevent Blindness Utah] Friends For Sight to
27 provide blindness prevention education, screening, and treatment and not as a motor vehicle

28 registration fee; and
29 (c) transferred to [Prevent Blindness Utah] Friends For Sight at least monthly, less
30 actual administrative costs associated with collecting and transferring the contributions.
31 Section 2. Section 53-3-214.5 is amended to read:
32 53-3-214.5. License checkoff for vision screening.
33 (1) A person who applies for a license or license renewal may designate a voluntary
34 contribution for [blindness prevention] vision screening of [$1] $2.
35 (2) This contribution shall be:
36 (a) collected by the division;
37 (b) treated as a voluntary contribution to [Prevent Blindness Utah] Friends For Sight to
38 provide blindness prevention education, screening, and treatment and not as a license fee; and
39 (c) transferred to [Prevent Blindness Utah] Friends For Sight at least monthly, less
40 actual administrative costs associated with collecting and transferring the contributions.
41 Section 3. Effective date.
42 This act takes effect on July 1, 2003.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-29-03 9:16 AM

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

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