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CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 95(STA)
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY THE SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Offered: 5/3/23
Referred: Finance
Sponsor(s): SENATORS MERRICK, Kiehl, Kaufman, Bjorkman
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)(2) - (11), 12(B) - (J), (13), (17) - (22), (24), or (26) - 8
(29), is an Alaska chapter of a national organization that is tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. 9
501(c)(2) - (11), 12(B) - (J), (13), (17) - (22), (24), or (26) - (29), is a department of 10
the state, or is a municipality of the state. The department shall determine a common 11
design and color for the plates and provide for the placement of the logo of the 12
organization and a short piece of descriptive text on the plate. If the department denies 13
an application to create a specialty organization registration plate under this section, 14 33-LS0517\B
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the department shall notify the commissioner of the denial. The commissioner may 1
reverse the decision of the department and require issuance of the requested plate. The 2
department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection 3
when the requested plates duplicate an existing registration. Regulations adopted 4
under this subsection must 5
(1) provide that the entity requesting the issuance of the plates 6
(A) submit an application on a form provided by the 7
department; 8
(B) pay an application fee set by the department for issuance of 9
the new registration plates; 10
(C) pay the entire cost of developing and issuing the specialty 11
plate; 12
(D) may not be offensive in purpose, nature, activity, or name; 13
(E) may charge a fee for issuance of a specialty registration 14
plate in addition to any registration fees set by statute or regulation; 15
(2) provide for notice to the entity sponsoring the plate not later than 16
six months before a proposed cancellation of the specialty organization plate; 17
(3) establish procedures for owners of vehicles to purchase specialty 18
organization registration plates under this subsection. 19
* Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 20
(26) special request specialty organization plates under 21
AS 28.10.181(ll) ..................................................................................................... $100 22
plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the $100 23
fee required by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance of and the 24
replacement of the plates; in addition, an entity sponsoring a special request specialty 25
organization plate may charge a fee on first issuance and renewal of the plates. 26
* Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. 27