Amendment AA1-AB219

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 219

October 15, 2019 - Offered by Representative Vruwink.

AB219-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB219-AA1,1,2 1. Page 2, line 13: after that line insert:

AB219-AA1,1,3 “ Section 3m. 341.14 (6r) (b) 1m. i. of the statutes is created to read:

AB219-AA1,2,14 341.14 (6r) (b) 1m. i. Upon receipt of a contribution totaling an amount equal to the department's final estimate of the initial costs of production of the special group plates under par. (f) 70. or $15,500, whichever is less, from any person or group interested in the special group plates under par. (f) 70., the department shall commence any development work necessary to implement the provisions of par. (f) 70. and related provisions under this subsection and shall complete the development work within one year of its commencement. As soon as possible, the department shall post notice on the department's Internet site of its final estimate of the initial costs of production of the special group plates under par. (f) 70. The development work under this subd. 1m. i. shall be funded only from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (ch) from the contribution received by the department for purposes of this subd. 1m. i. No contribution received by the department under this subd. 1m. i. may be applied to any fee established under subd. 2. The department may not issue any special group plates under par. (f) 70. until the department has completed the development work specified in this subd. 1m. i. If, in the 3rd year beginning after special group plates under par. (f) 70. are first issued under par. (f) 70., or any 3rd year thereafter, the department receives, in the calendar year, fewer than 500 applications for registration renewal for vehicles for which these special plates were issued, the department shall inform the department of natural resources that the special group plates will be discontinued if fewer than 500 applications are received in the following year. If, in that following calendar year, the department receives fewer than 500 applications for registration renewal for vehicles for which these special plates were issued, the department shall cease issuing special group plates under par. (f) 70.”.

AB219-AA1,2,17 2. Page 2, line 15: delete the material beginning with “In addition” and ending with “shall be" on line 17 and substitute “A voluntary payment of $40 that is in addition to the fee under subd. 2. shall be”.

AB219-AA1,2,20 3. Page 3, line 1: delete the material beginning with “In addition” and ending with “s. 27.01 (7) (f) 1." on line 3 and substitute “A voluntary payment of $80 that is in addition to the fee under subd. 2.”.

AB219-AA1,3,2 4. Page 3, line 10: delete the material beginning with “All" and ending with “parks." on line 13 and substitute “All moneys received under this subdivision in excess of $15,500 or the actual cost of design and production of the special group plates, whichever is less, for the initial costs of production for the special group plates, shall be deposited in the department of natural resource's administrative parks account of the conservation fund for use for state parks.”.

AB219-AA1,3,3 5. Page 3, line 13: after that line insert:

AB219-AA1,3,4 “ Section 4m. 341.14 (6r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB219-AA1,5,8 341.14 (6r) (c) Special group plates shall display the word “Wisconsin", the name of the applicable authorized special group, a symbol representing the special group, not exceeding one position, and identifying letters or numbers or both, not exceeding 7 positions and not less than one position. Except as provided in this paragraph, the department shall specify the design for special group plates, but the department shall consult the president of the University of Wisconsin System before specifying the word or symbol used to identify the special groups under par. (f) 35. to 47., the secretary of natural resources before specifying the word or symbol used to identify the special groups under par. (f) 50. and 59., the chief executive officer of the professional football team and an authorized representative of the league of professional football teams described in s. 229.823 to which that team belongs before specifying the design for the applicable special group plate under par. (f) 55., the chief trademark officer of Harley-Davidson Michigan, LLC before specifying the design for the applicable special group plate under par. (f) 61r., the department of veterans affairs before specifying the design for the special group plates under par. (f) 49d., 49h., and 49s., the department of tourism and chief executive officer of the organization specified in par. (f) 55m. before specifying the design and word or symbol used to identify the special group name for special group plates under par. (f) 55m., and the Three Harbors Council, Boy Scouts of America NESA License Committee before specifying the designs for the initial special group plate under par. (f) 66. Special group plates under par. (f) 50. shall be as similar as possible to regular registration plates in color and design. Special group plates issued under par. (f) 62. shall display the words “In God We Trust". The department shall make available 2 designs for the special group plates under par. (f) 60. The department may not specify any design for the special group plates under par. (f) 60. unless the design is approved by the executive vice president of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club LP. The department may not specify any design for the special group plates under par. (f) 65. unless the design is approved by the president of the Milwaukee Bucks. The word or symbol used to identify the special group under par. (f) 59. shall be different from the word or symbol used to identify the special group under par. (f) 50. and the design shall cover the entire plate. Special group plates under par. (f) 61m. shall display a logo or image of the lion associated with the Lions Clubs International. Special group plates under par. (f) 61r. shall display a bar and shield logo associated with Harley-Davidson, Inc., on the left portion of the plates and the words “share the road" on the bottom portion of the plates. Special group plates under par. (f) 63. shall display the words “Trout Unlimited." Special group plates under par. (f) 65m. shall display the words “Help Cure Childhood Cancer" in purple lettering and a symbol comprised of a purple handprint superimposed upon a red heart superimposed upon a gold ribbon. Special group plates under par. (f) 66. shall display the words “Scouting Alumni" and, at the option of the vehicle owner, either a logo or symbol associated with the Boy Scouts of America or a logo or symbol associated with the Eagle Scouts. Special group plates under par. (f) 67. shall display a logo or symbol associated with Whitetails Unlimited. Special group plates under par. (f) 68. shall display a logo or symbol associated with the Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Special group plates under par. (f) 69. shall display the words “Nurses Change Lives" and an image of a heart partially encircled by a stethoscope. The department may not specify any design for the special group plates under par. (f) 70. unless the design is approved by the secretary of natural resources. Notwithstanding par. (e), special group plates under par. (f) 33m. and 48m. shall be the same color and design that was specified by the department for special group plates under par. (f) 33. and 48., respectively, immediately prior to January 1, 2007. The design for special group plates under par. (f) 33. and 48. shall be different from the design of special group plates under par. (f) 33m. and 48m., respectively.” .

AB219-AA1,5,9 6. Page 3, line 24: after that line insert:

AB219-AA1,5,10 “ Section 7m. Effective date.

AB219-AA1,5,12 (1) This act takes effect on first day of the 12th month beginning after publication.”.

AB219-AA1,5,13 (End)