Bill Text: VA HB472 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: License plates, special; issuance to those bearing legend: FRIENDS OF COAL, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-14 - House: Failed to pass in House [HB472 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB472-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 472 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation on February 11, 2010) (Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates Carrico, Landes [HB 593], and Watts [HB 1232]) A BILL to authorize the issuance of special license plates bearing the legend FRIENDS OF COAL and special license plates for supporters of the Washington Capitals hockey team and to repeal §§46.2-742.1:1, 46.2-749.16:1, 46.2-749.61, 46.2-749.108, and 46.2-749.112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special license plates for persons awarded the Air Medal or the Air Medal with a "V" for valor, for members of the Air Force Association, to benefit the children of victims of the September 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon, for supporters of the Canine Health Foundation, and for supporters of adoption programs, respectively.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Special license plates bearing the legend FRIENDS OF COAL.

On receipt of an application and following the provisions of §46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue to the applicant special license plates bearing the legend FRIENDS OF COAL.

§2. Special license plates for supporters of the Washington Capitals hockey team; fees.

A. On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, and following the provisions of §46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia other than those relating to the fee for the plates and its disposition, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special license plates to supporters of the Washington Capitals hockey team.

B. The annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section shall be $25 in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates. For each such $25 fee collected in excess of 1,000 registrations pursuant to this section, $15 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to a special nonreverting fund known as the Washington Capitals Charities Fund established within the Department of Accounts. These funds shall be paid annually to the Washington Capitals Charities for its use in community programs in Virginia. All other fees imposed under the provisions of this section shall be paid to, and received by, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles and paid by him into the state treasury and set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the necessary expenses incurred by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

2. That §§46.2-742.1:1, 46.2-749.16:1, 46.2-749.61, 46.2-749.108, and 46.2-749.112 of the Code of Virginia are repealed.