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2001 SESSION

013048996
HOUSE BILL NO. 1622
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled November 27, 2000
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-749.49, relating to special license plates; supporters of Virginia Zoos; fees.
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Patrons-- Woodrum, Drake, Moss and Thomas
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-749.49 as follows:

§ 46.2-749.49. Special license plates for supporters of Virginia zoos; fees.

A. On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, the Commissioner shall issue special license plates to supporters of Virginia zoos.

B. The annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section shall be twenty-five dollars in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates. For each such twenty-five-dollar fee collected in excess of 1,000 registrations pursuant to this section, fifteen dollars shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the special nonreverting fund known as the Virginia Zoos Fund established within the Department of Accounts and paid annually in equal amounts to the Blue Ridge Zoological Society and the Virginia Zoological Society to be spent at their discretion to support their programs and activities.