SCS/HB 491 - Under current law, driveaway licenses and windshield placards for physically disabled persons are issued for one-year durations. This act allows applicants for a driveaway license to choose a biennial driveaway license. The windshield placard shall be renewable on a biennial basis. This act provides language regarding the color scheme of license plates; reinstates language which was inadvertently repealed in a prior session that allowed applicants registering property- carrying commercial motor vehicles to request an additional plate at a charge not to exceed $15; requires plate tabs to be displayed in the designated area rather than in the middle of the plate; and provides standardized language which prohibits apportioned motor vehicles and commercial motor vehicles in excess of 18,000 pounds from obtaining special license plates. This also contains minor clean up language to allow consistency in the statutes. This portion of the act is similar to HB 598.

This act is similar to SB 581 and SCS/SB 343 et al (2003).
STEPHEN WITTE