| 3 | 2 | | *ZRC041* 02/17/2025 9:40:02 AM ZRC041 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1502 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative Maddox 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator J. Boyd 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AND LICENSING OF A HISTORIC OR SPECIAL INTEREST 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | VEHICLE; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ANTIQUE MOTOR 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | VEHICLE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND FOR OTHER 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF A HISTORIC 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | OR SPECIAL INTEREST VEHICLE; AND TO 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ANTIQUE MOTOR 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | VEHICLE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 27 -15-2202(a)(1), concerning the 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | application for registration of a historic or special interest vehicle, is 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | amended to read as follows: 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (a)(1) A person who is the owner of a historic or special interest 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | vehicle that is forty-five (45) thirty (30) years of age or older at the time 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | of making application for registration or transfer of title may, upon 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | application: 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (A) Register the motor vehicle as a historic or special 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | interest vehicle, upon the payment of a fee of seven dollars ($7.00) for each 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | historic or special interest vehicle; and 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (B) Be furnished a special license plate of distinctive 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | design to be displayed on each historic or special interest vehicle instead 36 HB1502 |
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| 42 | 41 | | of the standard Arkansas license plate. 1 |
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| 44 | 43 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 27 -15-2202(d)(1), concerning the 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | application for registration of a historic or special interest vehicle, is 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | amended to read as follows: 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (d)(1) A motor vehicle manufactured as a reproduction or facsimile of 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | a historic or special interest vehicle shall not be eligible for registration 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | under this section unless it has been in existence for forty-five (45) thirty 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (30) years or more. 9 |
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| 52 | 51 | | SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 27 -15-2209(a), concerning alternative 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | license plates for antique motor vehicles, is amended to read as follows: 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | (a) As used in this section, “antique license plate” means a license 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | plate that: 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | (1) Is approved for issuance under subsection (e) of this 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | section for a historic or special interest vehicle as defined in § 27 -15-2201 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | that is more than forty-five (45) thirty (30) years of age instead of the 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | special license plate issued under § 27 -15-2202; and 18 |
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| 60 | 59 | | (2) Was issued by and approved for use in the State of Arkansas 19 |
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| 61 | 60 | | in the same year as the model year of the vehicle that is being licensed. 20 |
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