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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) An applicant for a sponsored special group license plate shall submit to the division:
(a) in a form and manner that the division prescribes, a complete application;
(b) payment of the fee for the issuance of the sponsored special group license plate established under Subsection (4)(a)(i);
(c) the required contribution for the sponsored special group license plate, unless the applicant previously paid the required contribution as part of a preorder application described in Subsection (4); and
(d) if the sponsoring organization elects to require verification as described in Section 41-1a-1604, a verification form obtained from the sponsoring organization.
(2) An applicant who owns a vehicle with the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate shall submit to the division the required contribution to renew the sponsored special group license plate.
(3)(a) An applicant who wishes to obtain a new type of sponsored special group license plate may preorder the new type of sponsored special group license plate by:
(i) submitting to the sponsoring organization associated with the new type of sponsored special group license plate a complete preorder form created by the division; and
(ii) making the required contribution to the sponsoring organization.
(b) After the division approves the sponsoring organization's request for the new type of sponsored special group license plate under Section 41-1a-1604, an applicant who submitted a preorder in accordance with Subsection (3)(a) may apply for the sponsored special group license plate in accordance with Subsection (1).
(4)(a) The division shall, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, establish:
(i) the fee to charge an applicant for the division's costs of issuing or renewing a sponsored special group license plate or symbol decal; and
(ii) the fee to charge a sponsoring organization for the division's costs of designing and administering a new type of sponsored special group license plate, in accordance with Subsection 41-1a-1604(2)(c); and
(iii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), in an amount equal to at least $25, the minimum annual contribution amount an applicant is required to make to obtain or renew the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate.
(b) A fee paid in accordance with Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall be deposited into the License Plate Restricted Account created in Subsection 41-1a-122.
(c) A sponsoring organization may establish a required contribution amount for the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate that is greater than the amount established by the division under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
(5) An applicant's contribution is a voluntary contribution for funding the sponsoring organization's activities and not a motor vehicle registration fee.
(6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules to establish and administer the sponsored special group license plate program.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 41. Motor Vehicles § 41-1a-1603. Application requirements--Fees--Contributions--Rulemaking - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-41-motor-vehicles/ut-code-sect-41-1a-1603/
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