Superseded 10/1/2026

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Effective 7/1/2026

41-1a-1603. Application requirements -- Fees -- Contributions -- Rulemaking.

(1)An applicant for a sponsored special group license plate shall submit to the division:

(a)in a form and manner that the division prescribes, a complete application;

(b)payment of the fee for the issuance of the sponsored special group license plate established under Subsection (4)(a)(i), and, if applicable, Subsection (4)(a)(iv) ;

(c)the required contribution for the sponsored special group license plate; and

(d)if the sponsoring organization elects to require verification as described in Section 41-1a-1604 , a verification form obtained from the sponsoring organization.

(2)An applicant who owns a vehicle with the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate shall submit to the division the required contribution to renew the sponsored special group license plate.

(3)After the division approves the sponsoring organization's request for the new type of sponsored special group license plate under Section 41-1a-1604 , an applicant may apply for the sponsored special group license plate in accordance with Subsection

(1).

(a)The division shall, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 , establish:

(i)the fee to charge an applicant for the division's costs of issuing or renewing a sponsored special group license plate;

(ii)the fee to charge a sponsoring organization for the division's costs of designing and administering a new type of sponsored special group license plate, in accordance with Subsection 41-1a-1604(2)(c) ;

(iii)subject to Subsections (4)(a)(iv) and (6), in an amount equal to at least $25, the minimum annual contribution amount an applicant is required to make to obtain or renew the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate; and

(iv)for a sponsored special group license plate with fewer than 250 users a service fee for the cost of issuance and administration of the sponsored special group license plate.

(b)A fee paid in accordance with Subsections (4)(a)(i) , (4)(a)(ii), and (4)(a)(iv) shall be deposited into the License Plate Restricted Account created in Section 41-1a-122 .

(c)A sponsoring organization may establish a required contribution amount for the sponsoring organization's sponsored special group license plate that is greater than the amount established by the division under Subsection (4)(a)(iii).

(5)An applicant's required contribution is a voluntary contribution for funding the sponsoring organization's activities and not a motor vehicle registration fee.

(6)Beginning on July 1, 2025, an applicant's required contribution for the historical support special group license plate described in Section 41-1a-419 is $25 which the division shall allocate as follows:

(a)$2 to the Utah State Historical Society as the sponsoring organization; and

(b)$23 into the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005, created in Section 72-2-124 .

(7)An applicant for a historical support special group license plate for a vehicle that is a vintage vehicle is not required to make the voluntary contribution to obtain the historical support special group license plate.

(a)A sponsoring organization may request:

(i)to change the charitable purpose and recipient of the required contribution revenue; or

(ii)transfer control of the special group license plate to a different sponsoring organization.

(b)The commission may require a sponsoring organization that requests a change described in Subsection (8)(a) to provide documentation to confirm that the charitable purpose or new sponsoring organization qualifies as provided in this part.

(9)In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the commission may make rules to establish and administer the sponsored special group license plate program.

Amended by Chapter 344 , 2026 General Session