SB519: Bill Text

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

2009 Senate BILL 519

February 9, 2010 - Introduced by Senators Hansen, Wirch, Holperin, Coggs, Darling and Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Hebl, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Hraychuck, Pridemore, Pasch, Berceau, Turner, Lothian, Townsend and Petrowski. Referred to Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.

SB519,1,3 An Act to create 341.08 (2) (f) and 341.143 of the statutes; relating to: the issuance by the Department of Transportation of Eagle Scout decals to be affixed to motor vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide Eagle Scout decals (stickers) to certain applicants for motor vehicle registration. An applicant who states in an application for original or renewal registration of certain vehicles, including automobiles and light-duty trucks, that the applicant or a member of the applicant's immediate family has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America may request that DOT provide to the applicant one Eagle Scout sticker to be affixed to the applicant's registration plate. DOT may charge a fee for the decals that approximates DOT's cost of providing the decals.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB519, s. 1 Section 1. 341.08 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB519,2,3 341.08 (2) (f) An opportunity for the applicant to state whether the applicant or a member of the applicant's immediate family has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

SB519, s. 2 Section 2. 341.143 of the statutes is created to read:

SB519,2,15 341.143 Eagle Scout decals. Upon request by an applicant for original or renewal registration of a vehicle specified in s. 341.14 (6r) (b) 1. who states in the application that the applicant or a member of the applicant's immediate family has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, the department shall provide to the applicant, to be affixed to one of the registration plates issued to the applicant, a decal that includes a symbol associated with the Eagle Scouts and instructions for placement of the decal on the registration plate. For each registration plate or set of registration plates issued to the applicant, the department may provide no more than one decal under this section. For each decal provided under this section, the department may charge a fee that approximates the department's cost of providing the decal.

SB519, s. 3 Section 3. Fiscal changes.

SB519,3,2 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the Department of Transportation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $2,000 for the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to provide funding for Eagle Scout decals under section 341.143 of the statutes, as created by this act. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the Department of Transportation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2009, the dollar amount is increased by $5,000 for the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to provide funding for Eagle Scout decals under section 341.143 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB519, s. 4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

SB519,3,6 (1) This act first applies to applications for original or renewal vehicle registration received by the department of transportation on the effective date of this subsection.

SB519, s. 5 Section 5. Effective date.

SB519,3,9 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.

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