An applicant for a sponsored special group license plate shall submit to the division:
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-1a-1603
Applicant: means a registered owner who submits an application to obtain or renew a sponsored special group license plate in accordance with this part. See Utah Code 41-1a-1601
Division: means the Motor Vehicle Division of the commission, created in Section 41-1a-106. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the highways. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
Registration: means a document issued by a jurisdiction that allows operation of a vehicle or vessel on the highways or waters of this state for the time period for which the registration is valid and that is evidence of compliance with the registration requirements of the jurisdiction. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
Required contribution: means :
(a)
the minimum annual contribution amount established under Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(a)(iii); or
(b)
if the sponsoring organization establishes a minimum annual contribution amount in accordance with Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(b) that is greater than the minimum required contribution amount established under Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(a)(iii), the amount the sponsoring organization establishes. See Utah Code 41-1a-1601
Special group license plate: means :
(a)
a collegiate special group license plate;
(b)
a private nonprofit special group license plate;
(c)
a sponsored special group license plate;
(d)
a state agency recognition special group license plate; or
Sponsoring organization: means an institution, a private nonprofit organization, or a state agency that is or seeks to be associated with a sponsored special group license plate created under this part. See Utah Code 41-1a-1601
Symbol decal: means the decal that is designed to represent a special group and displayed on a special group license plate. See Utah Code 41-1a-102 v2
Vehicle: includes a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, off-highway vehicle, camper, park model recreational vehicle, manufactured home, and mobile home. See Utah Code 41-1a-102
(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;
(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; 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) or (ii) 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)(iii).
(5)
An applicant’s contribution is a voluntary contribution for funding the sponsoring organization’s activities and not a motor vehicleregistration fee.
