Bill Text: DE HB450 | 2009-2010 | 145th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special License Or Registration Plates.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-23 - Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate [HB450 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2009-HB450-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Schwartzkopf & Sen. Ennis |
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Reps. Atkins, Barbieri, Bennett, Brady, Carson, Gilligan, Hudson, Jaques, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Kowalko, Lee, Longhurst, Miro, Mitchell, Oberle, Schooley, Scott, Viola, Walls, D.P. Williams; Sens. Bushweller, Hall-Long |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 145th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 450 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE |
BE IT ENACTED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
Section 1.Amend Chapter 21, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by inserting therein the following:
"� 2139O.Law Enforcement Memorial license plates.
(a)(1) The owner of any vehicle described in paragraph two (2) of this subsection may apply to the Department for assignment to that vehicle of a special Law Enforcement Memorial registration number; provided, however, that the owner of the vehicle must possess documentation which indicates such person is a police officer as defined in §8401(5), Title 11 of the Delaware Code, documentation that a person is an immediate family member of a police officer as defined in � 8401(5), Title 11 of the Delaware Code who was killed in the line of duty, or documentation from the Delaware Police Chiefs' Council that it is appropriate for a person to receive a special Law Enforcement Memorial registration number.
(2)This section applies only to:
a. A private passenger vehicle; or
b. A truck with a three-fourths ton or smaller manufacturer's rated capacity.
(b)No fee in addition to the annual registration fee otherwise required by this title is required for registration under this section; provided however, that an original application under this section shall be subject to a $35 administrative fee, which shall be deposited into a special fund and used by the Division of Motor Vehicle for the purposes of administering this section and to fund Department projects notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters 13 and 14 of Title 2 to the contrary.
(c) All registration plates issued pursuant to this section shall be of the colors and design as determined by the Law Enforcement Memorial License Plate Committee created pursuant to subsection (d).The license plate may also include words, a slogan or an emblem supporting the Law Enforcement Memorial. The committee may at its discretion drop the wording "The First State" and substitute in lieu thereof "Law Enforcement Memorial".The Division of Motor Vehicles shall have the power to refuse any design which it believes would cause a public safety enforcement problem.
(d) For purposes of this section, the "Law Enforcement Memorial License Plate Committee"
shall consist of:
(1) The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or designee;
(2) The Chairperson of the Delaware Police Chiefs' Foundation or designee;
(3) The Colonel of the Delaware State Police or designee; and
(4) The Chairperson of the Delaware Police Chiefs' Council or designee.
(e) The Department shall reserve sufficient special license plates including the letters "LEM" and numbered consecutively beginning with the numeral "1" as are necessary to implement this section.
(f) The Division of Motor Vehicles may promulgate rules and regulations as required to administer this section.
SYNOPSIS
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This Act creates a Law Enforcement Memorial license plate. |
