Bill Text: MS SB2807 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize issuance after presale of 100 tags for Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [SB2807 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2807-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Tate
Senate Bill 2807
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-44, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED TO SUPPORTERS OF THE GARDEN CLUBS OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., MAY BE ISSUED AFTER PROOF HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE THAT 100 OF SUCH TAGS WILL BE PURCHASED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-19-44, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-19-44. (1) For any distinctive
license tag or plate authorized by the Legislature from and after July 1, 2000,
through June 30, 2002, or authorized by Sections 27-19-56.37 and 27-19-56.55, the
requirements of this subsection must be met before the department * * * may prepare or issue any such license
tag or plate. The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized
the distinctive license tag or plate must submit proof satisfactory to the department * * * that at least one hundred (100) of such
license tags or plates will be purchased and must deposit with the department an
amount necessary to purchase one hundred (100) of such license tags or plates.
The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive
license tag or plate must satisfy the requirements of this subsection (1) within
two (2) years after the effective date of the law authorizing the license tag or
plate in order to permit the license tag or plate to be prepared and issued.
(2) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (1) of this section, for any distinctive license tag or plate authorized
by the Legislature from and after July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2007, the requirements
of this subsection must be met before the department * * * may prepare or issue any such license
tag or plate. The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized
the distinctive license tag or plate must submit proof satisfactory to the department * * * that at least two hundred (200) of such
license tags or plates will be purchased and must deposit with the department an
amount necessary to purchase two hundred (200) of such license tags or plates.
The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive
license tag or plate must satisfy the requirements of this subsection (2) within
three (3) years after the effective date of the law authorizing the license tag
or plate in order to permit the license tag or plate to be prepared and issued.
(3) Except as otherwise provided
in this section, Section 27-19-56.7, Section 27-19-56.56, Section 27-19-56.59, Section
27-19-56.85 or Section 27-19-56.94, for any distinctive license tag or plate authorized
or reauthorized by the Legislature from and after July 1, 2007, the following requirements
must be met before the department * * * may prepare or issue any such license
tag or plate:
(a) The organization or
other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive license tag or
plate must submit proof satisfactory to the department * * * that at least three hundred (300) of
such license tags or plates will be purchased and must deposit with the department
an amount necessary to purchase three hundred (300) of such license tags or plates.
(b) The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive license tag or plate must satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) within three (3) years after the effective date of the law authorizing the license tag or plate in order to permit the license tag or plate to be prepared and issued. This paragraph (b) shall not apply to distinctive tags or plates issued under Section 27-19-56.154.
(4) Any distinctive license
tag authorized under * * *
Section 27-19-56.186, 27-19-56.203 * * *, 27-19-56.315 or 27-19-56.549(1)(n)
must meet the requirements of this subsection before the department * * * may prepare or issue any such license
tag or plate. The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized
the distinctive license tag or plate must submit proof satisfactory to the department * * * that at least one hundred (100) of such
license tags or plates will be purchased and must deposit with the department an
amount necessary to purchase one hundred (100) of such license tags or plates.
The organization or other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive
license tag or plate must satisfy the requirements of this subsection (4) within
three (3) years after the effective date of the law authorizing the license tag
or plate in order to permit the license tag or plate to be prepared and issued.
(5) The distinctive license
tags authorized under Section 27-19-56.108 must meet the requirements of this subsection
before the department * * * may prepare or issue any such license tag or plate. The organization
or other entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive license tag
or plate must submit proof satisfactory to the department * * * that at least two hundred (200) of such
license tags or plates will be purchased and must deposit with the department an
amount necessary to purchase two hundred (200) of such license tags or plates.
(6) If the organization or other
entity for which the Legislature authorized the distinctive license tag or plate
meets the requirements of subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section,
the department * * *
shall prepare and issue the distinctive license tag or plate.
(7) The department * * * shall review the number of distinctive
or special license tags or plates issued pursuant to this chapter during the period
for the license tag or plate series. If the number of any distinctive or special
license tag or plate issued pursuant to this chapter falls below one hundred (100)
in the last year of the license tag or plate series, the distinctive or special
license tag or plate shall be discontinued at the end of the period for the license
tag or plate series.
(8) If a distinctive or special
license tag or plate is discontinued under subsection (7) of this section, the organization
or other entity for which the license tag or plate was discontinued may prepare
a distinctive or special license tag or plate decal. The distinctive or special
license tag or plate decal shall be of such size, color and design as may be agreed
upon by the organization or other entity and the department * * *. However, the department * * * shall have final approval of the size,
color and design of the decal. The distinctive or special license tag or plate
decals shall be prepared and sold by the organization or other entity, and the proceeds
derived from the sale of such decals shall be retained by the organization or other
entity for any use deemed appropriate by the organization or other entity.
(9) The provisions of this section shall not apply to distinctive or special license tags or plates:
(a) Which are issued under Section 27-19-45, 27-19-46, 27-19-47.1, 27-19-47.2, 27-19-48, 27-19-49, 27-19-53, 27-19-55, 27-19-56, 27-19-56.1, 27-19-56.2, 27-19-56.3, 27-19-56.5, 27-19-56.6, 27-19-56.9, 27-19-56.11, 27-19-56.12, 27-19-56.13, 27-19-56.40, 27-19-56.62, 27-19-56.69, 27-19-56.79, 27-19-56.90, 27-19-56.125, 27-19-56.127, 27-19-56.137, 27-19-56.140, 27-19-56.162, 27-19-56.187, 27-19-56.199, 27-19-56.205, 27-19-56.239, 27-19-56.292, 27-19-56.318, 27-19-56.379, 27-19-56.425, 27-19-56.466, 27-19-56.489, 27-19-56.522(1)(a), 27-19-56.524 or 27-19-56.557; or
(b) For which no additional fee is required to be paid.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
