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SENATE BILL NO. 95
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY SENATOR MERRICK
Introduced: 3/8/23
Referred: State Affairs, Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to special request specialty organization registration plates; and 1
providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 4
(ll) Special request specialty organization plates. The department shall adopt 5
regulations to allow for the issuance of special request specialty organization 6
registration plates sponsored by an organization that is based in this state and is tax 7
exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c), is an Alaska chapter of a national organization that is 8
tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c), is a department of the state, or is a municipality of 9
the state. The department shall determine a common design and color for the plates 10
and provide for the placement of the logo of the organization and a short piece of 11
descriptive text on the plate. If the department denies an application to create a 12
specialty organization registration plate under this section, the department shall notify 13
the commissioner of the denial. The commissioner may reverse the decision of the 14 33-LS0517\A
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department and require issuance of the requested plate. The department may 1
disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested 2
plates duplicate an existing registration. Regulations adopted under this subsection 3
must 4
(1) provide that the entity requesting the issuance of the plates 5
(A) submit an application on a form provided by the 6
department; 7
(B) pay an application fee set by the department for issuance of 8
the new registration plates; 9
(C) pay the entire cost of developing and issuing the specialty 10
plate; 11
(D) may not be offensive in purpose, nature, activity, or name; 12
(E) may charge a fee for issuance of a specialty registration 13
plate in addition to any registration fees set by statute or regulation; 14
(2) provide for notice to the entity sponsoring the plate not later than 15
six months before a proposed cancellation of the specialty organization plate; 16
(3) establish procedures for owners of vehicles to purchase specialty 17
organization registration plates under this subsection. 18
* Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 19
(26) special request specialty organization plates under 20
AS 28.10.181(ll) ..................................................................................................... $100 21
plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the $100 22
fee required by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance of and the 23
replacement of the plates; in addition, an entity sponsoring a special request specialty 24
organization plate may charge a fee on first issuance and renewal of the plates. 25
* Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. 26