ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
BILL NO. 0190
ENROLLED ACT NO.
111, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to motor
vehicles owned by veterans;
authorizing
issuance of a special license sticker as
specified;
establishing the cost for the veteran's license
sticker as
specified; providing for the distribution of
fees; and
providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 31-2-204(b), 31-2-215 by creating a
new subsection (d), 31-2-216 by creating a new subsection
(h), 31-2-217 by creating a new subsection (h) and
31-3-102(a) by creating a new paragraph (xix) are amended
to read:
31-2-204. Issuance of certificates of
registration
and license
plates by county; form.
(b) Except as
otherwise provided, license plates
shall be of metal not
less than twelve (12) inches long in
the left-hand end of
which shall be arabic numerals for the
county in which
issued, followed by the bucking horse and
rider emblem and a
distinctive number assigned to the
vehicle, set forth in
numerals and letters as determined by
the department and
above or underneath such numerals shall
be the word
"Wyoming" and arabic numerals for the year of
issue or validation.
License plates issued to dealers and
for trailers shall
contain appropriate identification which
may be in lieu of the
bucking horse and rider emblem.
License plates shall
be changed or validated annually.
There shall be a
marked contrast between the color of the
plate and that of the
numerals and letters and the
background of all
plates shall be fully reflectorized.
Motorcycle plates
shall not be less than three (3) inches
wide and six (6)
inches long. Antique license plates shall
bear no date and shall
bear the inscription "Pioneer Wyo".
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License
stickers for trucks and trailers used by any farmer
or rancher for the
transportation of livestock, feed or
unprocessed
agricultural products owned and produced by the
farmer or rancher from
the place of production to market
and of ranch supplies
intended solely for the use of the
farmer or rancher, and
not for sale, on the return trip,
and not for the
transportation of goods and persons for
hire shall bear the
inscription "Farm". Upon application to
the department and
payment of a fee as provided by W.S.
31-3-102(a)(xix),
veteran license stickers bearing the
inscription
"Veteran" and designating the conflict service
of the veteran may be
issued to the veterans' affairs
commission in a format
approved by the department. The
veterans' affairs
commission may sell the veteran license
sticker to qualified
veterans at a fee not to exceed cost,
plus ten dollars
($10.00) per vehicle. Any fees collected
by the veterans'
affairs commission under this subsection
shall be deposited in
the veterans' affairs commission
expendable trust fund.
The veterans' affairs commission
shall establish
eligibility criteria for veterans applying
for a veteran license
sticker. A qualified veteran
purchasing a veteran
license sticker manufactured by the
department and sold by
the veterans' affairs commission may
display the sticker on
the license plate issued by the
county treasurer. The
provisions of W.S. 31-2-205(a)(iv)
shall not apply to any
veteran license sticker manufactured
by the department and
displayed as provided in this
section.
31-2-215. Disabled veteran's license
plates.
(d) A veteran who
qualifies for a special license
plate under this
section may apply to the veterans' affairs
commission for a
veteran license sticker authorized under
W.S. 31-2-204(b) for
each vehicle owned and registered
under the name of the
veteran. Upon verification by the
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Wyoming veterans' affairs commission that the veteran was
honorably discharged
from service and specifying the
conflict service of
the veteran and payment of the fee
established by the commission,
the commission shall issue
the veteran license
sticker for each vehicle for which the
veteran has paid the
fee established by the commission.
31-2-216. Special plates; former
prisoners of war.
(h) A veteran who
qualifies for a special license
plate under this
section may apply to the veterans' affairs
commission for a
veteran license sticker authorized under
W.S 31-2-204(b) for
each vehicle owned and registered under
the name of the
veteran. Upon verification by the Wyoming
veterans' affairs
commission that the veteran was honorably
discharged from
service and specifying the conflict service
of the veteran and
payment of the fee established by the
commission, the
commission shall issue the veteran license
sticker for each
vehicle for which the veteran has paid the
fee established by the
commission.
31-2-217. Special plates; Pearl Harbor
survivors;
national guard
members; purple heart recipients.
(h) A veteran who
qualifies for a special license
plate under this
section may apply to the veterans' affairs
commission for a
veteran license sticker authorized under
W.S 31-2-204(b) for
each vehicle owned and registered under
the name of the
veteran. Upon verification by the Wyoming
veterans' affairs commission
that the veteran was honorably
discharged from
service and specifying the conflict service
of the veteran and
payment of the fee established by the
commission, the
commission shall issue the veteran license
sticker for each
vehicle for which the veteran has paid the
fee established by the
commission.
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31-3-102. Miscellaneous fees.
(a) The
following fees shall be collected for the
instruments or
privileges indicated:
(xix) Veteran license sticker. Cost
Section 2. This act is effective January 1, 2002.
(END)
Speaker of
the House President of
the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House.
Chief Clerk
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