Current through September 2, 2024
Section 39.02.60.155 - PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM PREQUALIFICATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES01.Special License Plate Prequalification. A Special Plate Program Application will be provided to each applicant, detailing the procedures for the prequalification and providing information regarding the steps required to successfully accomplish a special plate program.02.Special License Plate Approved by the Legislature. If a special license plate program is approved by the Idaho legislature, prior to production and sale of the special license plates, the sponsor will meet the requirements outlined in sections 49-402C & 49-402D, Idaho Code.03.Submission to the Legislature. For those Special License Plate Programs with enacting legislation that fail to meet the requirements of this Section, the Department will report such finding to the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and the chairman of the House Transportation and Defense Committee of the Idaho State Legislature, and will not proceed with production and sale of the special plates.04.Annual Report. An annual report form, designed and provided by the Department, will be made available to special license plate sponsors for all special license plate programs receiving revenue in existence or passed by the legislature on or prior to July 1, 2020. The report will require an accounting of revenues and expenditures associated with the funds collected for the special license plate program.05.Appeals. The appeals process will allow the applicant for a special license plate program to appeal the Department's decision to deny the application (See Section 003 of this rule). The notice of the appeal will be sent in writing via mail, electronic mail or facsimile within twenty (20) days of the denial.06.Cancellation of Plate Programs. The Department will notify the plate program sponsor of the intent to cancel the program due to failure to provide an annual report or low plate sales volume. Sales volume is calculated by determining the number of current active plates for the plate program on file with the Department. i. The Department will notify current registrants of the special plate program of the cancellation, and advise the registrant may retain and renew the registration with the additional program fees, and retain the plates until the physical plates are required to be replaced, however replacement plates will not be available, due to loss or damage.ii. The portion of canceled special plate program fees no longer deposited with the nonprofit agency (who has filed a 501 (c) (3) federal income tax status) program sponsor will be deposited in the state highway account.iii. Upon mandatory replacement of physical plates as required by statute, the customer may choose another plate program or standard county plates at the customer's preference.iv. The Department will include in its annual report to the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and the chairman of the House Transportation and Defense Committee of the Idaho State Legislature any special plate programs that have been canceled during the preceding year.Idaho Admin. Code r. 39.02.60.155