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HB 2266: dark sky lighting special plates

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Thorpe, LD 6

BILL STATUS: Caucus & COW

             TI: DP 8-0-0-0

Legend: Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to dark sky lighting special license plates.

Provisions

1.       Allows a person who pays $32,000 before December 31, 2018 to design the dark sky lighting special plate, to be approved and issued by ADOT. (Sec. 3)

2.       Permits the Director to authorize the combination of dark sky lighting special plates requests with personalized special plate requests. (Sec. 3)

3.       Requires that the combination request is in a form prescribed by the Director and is subject to fees for both the personalized special license plates and the dark sky lighting special plates. (Sec. 3)

4.       Requires that, $25 fee required to obtain and renew a special plate, $8 be allocated toward special plate administration fees and $17 are to be donated to the State Highway Fund. (Sec. 3)

5.       Directs ADOT to use donations deposited in the State Highway Fund from donations from dark sky special plate to install dark sky lighting along each right-of-way. (Sec. 6)

6.       Defines dark sky lighting. (Sec. 6)

7.       Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2, 4-6)

Current Law

ADOT must issue or renew special plates in lieu of the regular license plates under specified conditions and procedures (A.R.S. § 28-2403). A $25 fee is required for each pair of original and for each annual renewal of special plates. Additionally, a $12 fee is required for a transfer of special plates (A.R.S. § 28-2402).

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2266

Second Regular Session                               Version 2: Caucus & COW

 

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