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1999 SESSION

999475364
HOUSE BILL NO. 1483
Offered January 13, 1999
Prefiled December 15, 1998
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-749.12, relating to special license plates; supporters of public schools.
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Patron-- Morgan
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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 46.2-749.12 as follows:

§ 46.2-749.12. Special license plates; supporters of public schools.

A. On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, the Commissioner shall issue to the applicant special license plates bearing the legend: HELPING SCHOOLS.

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 Helping Schools Fund, established within the Department of Accounts. These funds shall be paid annually to the school division designated by the applicant or, if the applicant makes no designation, the school division of the locality in which the vehicle is registered and used for the purchase of classroom supplies and equipment in grades K through 12.