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Existing law authorizes the issuance of various special license plates associated with military or public service, membership in or affiliation with certain groups or recognition of or support for certain charitable causes. (NRS 482.3672-482.37947) Section 1 of this bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, in cooperation with the University of Nevada, Reno, to design, prepare and issue special license plates…
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Existing law authorizes the issuance of various special license plates associated with military or public service, membership in or affiliation with certain groups or recognition of or support for certain charitable causes. (NRS 482.3672-482.37947) Section 1 of this bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, in cooperation with the University of Nevada, Reno, to design, prepare and issue special license plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University. A person wishing to obtain the special license plates must pay to the Department: (1) a fee for initial issuance of $35 and a fee for renewal of $10; (2) all applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes; and (3) an additional fee for initial issuance of $25 and an additional fee for renewal of $20, to be deposited with the State Treasurer who must, on a quarterly basis, distribute the fees to the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation to operate a program to provide certain necessary items to the students, faculty and staff of the University. A person wishing to obtain the special license plates may also request that the plates be combined with personalized prestige plates if the person pays the additional fees for the personalized prestige plates. Section 1 also requires the Director of the Department to: (1) accept advance applications for the special license plates; and (2) announce a date on which the special license plates will no longer be available for initial issuance. Under existing law, certain special license plates: (1) must be approved by the Department; (2) are subject to a limitation on the number of separate designs of special license plates which the Department may issue at any one time; and (3) may not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless a certain number of applications for the plates are received. (NRS 482.367002, 482.367008, 482.36705) Sections 5-7 of this bill exempt the special license plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Nevada, Reno, from each of the preceding requirements. Sections 2-4, 9 and 10 of this bill make conforming changes to indicate the proper placement of section 1 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
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Provides for the issuance for a limited duration of special license plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Nevada, Reno. (BDR 43-89)