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HB 597 License plates, special; issuance using names, numbers, etc., of professional stock car drivers.

Introduced by: Allen W. Dudley | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Special license plates bearing the names, numbers, and color schemes used by professional stock car drivers; fees. Authorizes the issuance of one or more series of special license plates bearing the name of a specific professional stock car driver and the race car number and color scheme used by that driver.

Each driver-specific series developed and issued under this section shall be subject to the requirements of this section. In the event that a race car number, color scheme, or both, change for a driver with a currently issued series, a new series for that driver may be issued subject to the requirements of this section.

The annual fee for these plates will 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 bill, $15 will be paid annually in equal amounts to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority and the Virginia Department of Business Assistance and used to support their programs related to the Virginia Motor Sports Initiative. This bill incorporates HB 808 (O. Ware).

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Special license plates; stock car racing. Amends the present law authorizing issuance of special license plates for supporters of professional motor sports to provide, instead, for issuance of special license plates bearing the names, numbers, and color schemes used by professional stock car drivers. This is a "revenue sharing" bill; the annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other non-revenue-sharing special license plates. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to various racing-related economic development efforts.