H.B. 337 Enrolled

Corrected Version

VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES
2002 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Steven R. Mascaro
This act modifies the Motor Vehicle Code to authorize special group plates for current
members of the American Legion. The act makes technical changes. The act takes effect
October 1, 2002.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
41-1a-408, as last amended by Chapters 73, 345 and 369, Laws of Utah 2001
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 41-1a-408 is amended to read:
41-1a-408. Special group plates -- Design -- Application -- Issuance.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Boy Scouts of America license plates" means the special group license plates issued
under this section to a contributor to the Boy Scouts of America.
(b) "Children's issues license plates" means the special group license plates issued under
this section to a contributor to the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the Children's
Museum of Utah.
(c) "Collegiate license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this
section to a contributor to an institution after payment of the appropriate fees.
(d) (i) "Contributor" means a person who has donated or in whose name at least $25 has
been donated to:
(A) a scholastic scholarship fund of a single institution;
(B) the [Office] Division of Veterans' Affairs in the [Department of Community and
Economic Development] Utah National Guard for veterans' programs;
(C) the Division of Wildlife Resources for conservation of wildlife and the enhancement,

preservation, protection, access, and management of wildlife habitat;
(D) the Department of Agriculture and Food for the benefit of soil conservation districts;
(E) the Division of Parks and Recreation for the benefit of snowmobile programs;
(F) the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the Children's Museum of Utah, with the
donation evenly divided between the two;
(G) the Boy Scouts of America for the benefit of a Utah Boy Scouts of America council as
specified by the contributor; or
(H) No More Homeless Pets in Utah for distribution to organizations or individuals that
provide spay and neuter programs that subsidize the sterilization of domestic animals.
(ii) Except as provided under Subsection (13), the donation must be made in the 12 months
prior to registration or renewal of registration.
(e) "Institution" means a state institution of higher education or a private institution of higher
education in the state accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the
United States Department of Education.
(f) "Snowmobile license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this
section to a contributor to the Division of Parks and Recreation after payment of the appropriate fees.
(g) "Soil conservation license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this
section to a contributor to the Department of Agriculture and Food after payment of the appropriate
fees.
(h) "Spay and neuter license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this
section to a contributor to spay and neuter programs through No More Homeless Pets in Utah.
(i) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as provided in Section
53B-3-102 .
(j) "Veterans' license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this section
to a contributor to the Office of Veterans' Affairs after payment of the appropriate fees.
(k) "Wildlife license plates" means the special group license plates issued under this section
to a contributor to the Division of Wildlife Resources after payment of the appropriate fees.
(2) (a) The design and maximum number of numerals or characters on special group license

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plates shall be determined by the division in accordance with the criteria in Subsection (2)(b).
(b) Except for Olympic special group license plates, each special group license plate shall
display:
(i) the word Utah;
(ii) the name or identifying slogan of the special group;
(iii) a symbol not exceeding two positions in size representing the special group; and
(iv) the combination of letters, numbers, or both uniquely identifying the registered vehicle.
(3) (a) The division shall, after consultation with a representative designated by the special
group, specify the word or words comprising the special group name and the symbol to be displayed
upon the special group license plates.
(b) Collegiate, veterans', children's issues, snowmobile, soil conservation, Boy Scouts of
America, spay and neuter, and wildlife license plates may not be redesigned under this section more
frequently than every five years.
(c) Veterans' license plates shall display one of the symbols representing the Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marines, [or] Coast Guard, or American Legion.
(4) Subject to Subsections (10) and (12), the division shall only issue special group license
plates to a person who is:
(a) a current member of the Legislature;
(b) a current member of the United States Congress;
(c) a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor;
(d) a former prisoner of war;
(e) a recipient of a Purple Heart, as provided in Section 41-1a-409 ;
(f) a current member of the National Guard;
(g) a person with a disability or the registered owner of a vehicle that an organization uses
primarily for the transportation of persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk;
(h) a contributor to an institution's scholastic scholarship fund;
(i) a contributor to the Division of Wildlife Resources;
(j) a contributor to the Office of Veterans' Affairs;

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(k) licensing a special interest vehicle;
(l) licensing a vintage vehicle;
(m) a licensed amateur radio operator;
(n) registering a farm truck;
(o) a currently employed, volunteer, or retired firefighter;
(p) a contributor to the Division of Parks and Recreation;
(q) a contributor to the Department of Agriculture and Food;
(r) a contributor to the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the Children's Museum of
Utah;
(s) a contributor to the Boy Scouts of America;
(t) an emergency medical technician;
(u) a contributor to spay and neuter programs through No More Homeless Pets in Utah; or
(v) [beginning October 1, 2001,] licensing a vehicle powered by clean fuel and for which
a current clean special fuel certificate is maintained as provided in Section 59-13-304 .
(5) (a) A vehicle displaying a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor license plate
decal, a former prisoner of war license plate decal, or a Purple Heart license plate decal shall be titled
in the name of the veteran or the veteran and spouse.
(b) Upon the death of the veteran, the surviving spouse may, upon application to the
division, retain the special group license plate decal so long as the surviving spouse remains
unmarried.
(c) The division shall require the surviving spouse to make a sworn statement that the
surviving spouse is unmarried before renewing the registration under this section.
(6) (a) (i) In accordance with rules made under Subsection (12), the division shall issue a
person with a disability special group license plate, temporary removable windshield placard, or a
removable windshield placard to:
(A) a qualifying person with a disability; or
(B) an organization that uses a vehicle registered in the applicant's name primarily for the
transportation of persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk.

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(ii) The division shall issue a person with a disability special group license plate or a
removable windshield placard to a person with a permanent disability.
(iii) The issuance of a person with a disability special group license plate does not preclude
the issuance to the same applicant of a removable windshield placard.
(iv) The division shall issue on request one additional placard to a person with a person with
a disability special group license plate, temporary removable windshield placard, or a removable
windshield placard.
(b) The temporary removable windshield placard or removable windshield placard shall be
hung from the front windshield rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked in a parking space
reserved for persons with disabilities so that it is visible from the front and rear of the vehicle.
(7) (a) An applicant for original or renewal collegiate license plates must be a contributor
to the institution named in the application and present the original contribution verification form or
make a contribution to the division at the time of application.
(b) An institution with a special group license plate shall issue to a contributor a verification
form designed by the commission containing:
(i) the name of the contributor;
(ii) the institution to which a donation was made;
(iii) the date of the donation; and
(iv) an attestation that the donation was for a scholastic scholarship.
(c) The state auditor may audit each institution to verify that the moneys collected by the
institutions from contributors are used for scholastic scholarships.
(d) After an applicant has been issued collegiate license plates or renewal decals, the
commission shall charge the institution whose plate was issued, a fee determined in accordance with
Section 63-38-3.2 for management and administrative expenses incurred in issuing and renewing the
collegiate license plates.
(e) If the contribution is made at the time of application, the contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the named institution's scholastic scholarship fund

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and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) deposited with the named institution, less actual production and administrative costs
associated with making and issuing collegiate license plates.
(8) (a) An applicant for original or renewal wildlife license plates must be a contributor to
the Division of Wildlife Resources.
(b) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the funding of wildlife activities and not as a
motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) deposited into the Wildlife Resources Account created in Section 23-14-13 , less actual
production and administrative costs associated with making and issuing wildlife license plates.
(9) The division shall issue Olympic special group license plates.
(10) (a) An organization that makes a significant contribution to the state may request the
commission to authorize special group license plates for the organization if the organization collects
a minimum of 500 applications with the fees required under Section 41-1a-1211 .
(b) If the commission approves the request, the division shall design a license plate in
accordance with Subsections (2) and (3).
(c) If the commission rejects the request, the organization shall refund all fees to the
applicants.
(11) Any person who meets the criteria established under this part for issuance of special
group license plates may make application in the same manner provided in Sections 41-1a-410 and
41-1a-411 for personalized special group license plates.
(12) (a) The commission shall make rules in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
(i) establish qualifying criteria for persons to receive, renew, or surrender special group
license plates, a temporary removable windshield placard, or a removable windshield placard;
(ii) establish the maximum number of numerals or characters for special group license
plates; and

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(iii) require all temporary removable windshield placards and removable windshield placards
to include:
(A) an identification number;
(B) an expiration date not to exceed six months for a temporary removable windshield
placard and two years for a removable windshield placard; and
(C) the seal or other identifying mark of the division.
(b) The qualifying criteria under Subsection (12)(a) for a person with a disability special
group license plate, temporary removable windshield placard, or removable windshield placard shall
include a requirement that an initial application of a person with a disability be accompanied by the
certification of a licensed physician:
(i) that the applicant meets the definition of a person with a disability that limits or impairs
the ability to walk as defined in the federal Uniform System for Parking for Persons with
Disabilities, 23 C.F.R. Ch. 11, Subch. B, Pt. 1235.2 (1991); and
(ii) containing the period of time that the physician determines the applicant will have the
disability, not to exceed six months in the case of a temporary disability.
(13) (a) The division may issue original veterans' license plates.
(b) An applicant for original veterans' license plates must be at least a one-time contributor
to the Office of Veterans' Affairs.
(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the Office of Veterans' Affairs and not as a motor
vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to the Office of Veterans' Affairs at least monthly, less actual production and
administrative costs associated with making and issuing veterans' license plates.
(14) (a) The division may issue original snowmobile license plates if the Division of Parks
and Recreation provides a one-time contribution of at least $9,000 to the division from restricted
revenue in the Off-Highway Vehicle Account in the General Fund to cover startup materials and
programming costs.

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(b) An applicant for original snowmobile license plates must be a contributor to the Division
of Parks and Recreation.
(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the Division of Parks and Recreation for the
benefit of snowmobile programs and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to the Division of Parks and Recreation at least monthly, less actual
production and administrative costs associated with making and issuing snowmobile license plates.
(15) (a) (i) The division may issue original soil conservation license plates if soil
conservation districts provide a one-time contribution of at least $9,000 to the division to cover
startup materials and programming costs.
(ii) The contribution described in Subsection (15)(a)(i) may be from private funds available
to soil conservation districts.
(b) An applicant for original soil conservation license plates must be a contributor to the
Department of Agriculture and Food.
(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the Department of Agriculture and Food for the
benefit of soil conservation districts and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Food at least monthly, less actual
production and administrative costs associated with making and issuing soil conservation license
plates.
(16) (a) (i) The division may issue original children's issues license plates if the Office of the
Guardian Ad Litem Director and the Children's Museum of Utah each provide a one-time
contribution of at least $4,500 to the division to cover startup materials and programming costs.
(ii) The contribution described in Subsection (16)(a)(i) from the Office of the Guardian Ad
Litem Director shall be from private funds not normally available to the Office of the Guardian Ad
Litem Director.

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(b) An applicant for original or renewal children's issues license plates must be a contributor
to the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the Children's Museum of Utah.
(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the
Children's Museum of Utah and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to the Guardian Ad Litem Services Account and the Children's Museum of
Utah at least monthly, less actual production and administrative costs associated with making and
issuing children's issues license plates.
(17) A current member of the Legislature may select the Olympic license plate as the
legislator's special group license plate. The legislator shall pay the special fees for the Olympic
license plate, as provided in Section 41-1a-417 and Subsection 41-1a-1211 (12).
(18) (a) Beginning January 1, 2001, the division may issue original Boy Scouts of America
license plates if the Boy Scouts of America provides a one-time contribution of at least $9,000 to the
division to cover startup materials and programming costs.
(b) An applicant for original or renewal Boy Scouts of America license plates must be a
contributor to the Boy Scouts of America.
(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution for the Boy Scouts of America and not as a motor
vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to the Boy Scouts of America at least monthly, less actual production and
administrative costs associated with making and issuing Boy Scouts of America license plates.
(19) (a) Beginning January 1, 2002, the division may issue original spay and neuter license
plates if No More Homeless Pets in Utah provides a one-time contribution of at least $9,000 to the
division to cover startup materials and programming costs.
(b) An applicant for original or renewal spay and neuter license plates must be a contributor
to spay and neuter programs.

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(c) This contribution shall be:
(i) collected by the division;
(ii) treated as a voluntary contribution to No More Homeless Pets in Utah for spay and neuter
programs and not as a motor vehicle registration fee; and
(iii) transferred to No More Homeless Pets in Utah at least monthly, less actual production
and administrative costs associated with making and issuing spay and neuter license plates.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on October 1, 2002.

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