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2001 SESSION

019099568
SENATE BILL NO. 1054
Offered January 10, 2001
Prefiled January 10, 2001
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-749.44 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special license plates; supporters of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Foundation; supporters of The Mariners' Museum; fees.
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Patron-- Williams
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-749.44 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-749.44. Special license plates; supporters of The Mariners' Museum.

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 the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Foundation The Mariners' Museum.

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 a special nonreverting fund known as the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Foundation Mariners' Museum Fund, established within the Department of Accounts. These funds shall be paid annually to the Mariner's Museum and used exclusively to further the construction development and operation of the USS Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum.