No. HB 613
Filed under Transportation.
Motor Vehicles; Requires DHSMV to establish & maintain secure online license & registration portal for verifying, recording, & processing seizure or confiscation of license plates & provides requirements therefor; authorizes DHSMV to adopt rules; provides that disabled veteran may retain certain license plate designation upon reissuance, renewal, or transfer of plate; authorizes applications for disabled parking permits to be made to tax collector; provides that certain license plates may be stamped with specified letters at option of applicant; authorizes tax collector to issue plates immediately on demand under certain conditions; prohibits person from obscuring or altering registration license plate in specified manner; requires tax collector to fulfill certain renewal & replacement driver licenses & identification cards; provides methods for receipt of driver license or identification card; requires DHSMV to remit specified service fee to appropriate tax collector under certain conditions.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDManufacturing, selling, or attaching a cover, film, or overlay that obscures or alters a license plate's legibility, color, or design becomes illegal, regardless of whether the material is transparent, tinted, or opaque.
A new secure online portal will let DHSMV, tax collectors, and authorized law enforcement agencies verify, record, and process license plate seizures and confiscations, checked before any plate is reissued.
Tax collectors gain new duties: they can now take disabled-parking plate applications and issue plates immediately on demand, and must fulfill driver license and ID renewals ordered through the online portal, earning a service fee for doing so.
Disabled veterans can keep their plate's unique alphanumeric designation when they renew, reissue, or transfer it to another vehicle they own, and can now choose "DV" letters instead of, or alongside, the wheelchair symbol.
AIDHSMV must build and maintain a secure online portal that tax collectors and law enforcement use to verify, record, and process license plate seizures or confiscations, with immediate status updates, and any reissuance of a plate must be checked against it first.
AIIt becomes illegal to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or attach any cover, film, or overlay to a license plate if it obscures or alters the plate's legibility, color, or design, whether the material is transparent, tinted, or opaque.
AIRenewal or replacement driver licenses and ID cards ordered through the department's online portal must be fulfilled by the applicant's county tax collector, who may mail the card or let the applicant pick it up, and the department must pay that tax collector a service fee for each one.
AIApplications for disabled-parking license plates may now go to a tax collector instead of only the department, and the tax collector may issue the plate immediately on demand. Applicants may also choose a wheelchair symbol or "DV" letters, and may add either mark in addition to, rather than only instead of, the plate's serial number.
AIA disabled veteran who holds a permanent disabled-veteran license plate may keep that plate's unique alphanumeric designation when the plate is reissued, renewed, or transferred to another vehicle the veteran owns.