THIS BILL WAS REMOVED FROM THE 2007 LEGISLATIVE SESSION  PLEASE COMEBACK FOR  MORE UPDATED INFORMATION, PLEASE READ THE REJECTION LETTER.

Delegate Bob Marshall introduced bill HB 5024 during an emergency session at the Virginia General Assembly petitioning  for the Brain Tumor Awareness specialty license plate.  This bill was tabled, and we have asked our new delgate to re-introduce the bill when the new session begins in January 2007.

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REJECTION LETTER

Dear Mr. Thomas,

I am sorry that we have not been in contact with you again about this legislation.

Unfortunately the bill license plate bill is dead for the 2007 session because we had not heard back from you regarding getting the necessary number of applications for the plate. As a result, the Transportation Committee refused to take up the bill and so it will have to go by until the 2008 session.

I am also sorry for the confusion. The DMV will not post the "coming soon" plates until they have received the prepaid applications and the design from the group requesting the plates. However, the Transportation Committee in the House has changed their procedures regarding the plates to try to limit the number of license plate bills to those that will absolutely be able to be produced. In the past there were numerous approved that were then not able to be produced because groups couldn't get the required numbers of prepaid applications in order to put the plates into production. This happened to Delegate Marshall with a "God Bless America" plate he tried to get into production. So, the requirement to get the prepaid applications in order to have the bill considered is not a requirement of the DMV but of the House Transportation Committee. They have made the procedure more arduous because as I mentioned there were a lot of plate bills coming through that were a waste of their time because the plates were never produced and/or couldn't be sustained afte they began production because the interest wasn't high enough to continue production after the initial batch was created.

It is difficult to collect the prepaid applications but the requirement has always been that the applications be collected prior to the "coming soon" plate being posted. The DMV recommends that you keep very good records regarding the applications and deposit the money into a non-interest bearing account in case you do have to make refunds.

I suggest at this point that perhaps the fact that we will not be able to get the bill passed this year might be a good thing in that it will give you another year to try to collect the applications before you have to have the 350. Make sure you tell people that it will be another year before the plates do into production and this will not affect their need to renew their current plates. When the new plates are issued, they will have stickers that correspond with the ones on their old plates.

Again, I am sorry that we hadn't gotten back to you again sooner. It has been a crazy session this year. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Claire C. Gardner

Legislative Assistant

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