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1994 SESSION

LD2764112
HOUSE BILL NO. 769
House Amendments in [ ] -- February 7, 1994
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-749.2:1, relating to special license plates for supporters of certain children's programs.
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Patrons--Almand, Connally and Puller; Senators: Holland, E.M. and Howell
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Referred to Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-749.2:1 as follows:

§ 46.2-749.2:1. Special license plates for supporters of certain children's programs; fees.

On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, the Commissioner shall issue special license plates bearing, at the applicant's option, either (i) a heart, (ii) a five-pointed star, [ (iii) a plus sign, or (iv) or (iii) ] a child's handprint.

If such license plates do not bear reserve numbers or letters, the annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section shall be [ twenty twenty-five ] dollars in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates; if such license plates bear reserve numbers or letters, the annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section shall be [ fifty thirty-five ] dollars in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates. Each such [ twenty-dollar twenty-five-dollar or fifty-dollar thirty-five-dollar ] fee collected in excess of 1,000 sets issued pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the special fund known as the Children's Programs Support Fund, established within the Department of Accounts, for use as follows: one-half shall be used to pay the costs of health and safety licensing of child-care programs; one-fourth shall be used to pay the costs of child abuse prevention programs; and one-fourth shall be used to pay the costs of children's injury prevention programs [ all as provided in the General Appropriation Act ] .