HOUSE BILL NO. 3325 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES (12).
7186H.02I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 301.472, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to special license plates.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 301.472, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as sections 301.472 and 301.3186, to read as follows: 301.472. 1. Any motor vehicle owner may receive special license plates for any 2 motor vehicle the person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor 3 vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds 4 gross weight as prescribed in this section after an annual payment of an emblem-use 5 authorization fee to a professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to 6 subsection 5 of this section. For the purposes of this section a "professional sports team" shall 7 mean an organization located in this state franchised by the National Professional Soccer 8 League, the National Women's Soccer League, the National Football League, the National 9 Basketball Association, the Women's National Basketball Association, the National 10 Hockey League, the International Hockey League, or the American League or the National 11 League of Major League Baseball or a team playing in Major League Soccer. 12 2. The professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to subsection 13 5 of this section and which receives the emblem-use authorization fee hereby authorizes the 14 use of its official emblem to be affixed on multiyear personalized license plates as provided in 15 this section. Any vehicle owner may annually apply for the use of the emblem. The director 16 of revenue shall not authorize the manufacturer of the material to produce such license plates
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 3325 2
17 with the individual seal, logo, or emblem until the department of revenue receives a minimum 18 of one hundred applications for each specific professional sports team. 19 3. Upon annual application and payment of a thirty-five dollar emblem-use 20 contribution to the professional sports team such team shall issue to the vehicle owner, 21 without further charge, an emblem-use authorization statement, which shall be presented by 22 the owner to the director of the department of revenue at the time of registration of a motor 23 vehicle. Upon presentation of the annual statement and payment of a fifteen dollar fee in 24 addition to the regular registration fees, and presentation of other documents which may be 25 required by law, the director shall issue a personalized license plate, which shall bear the 26 official emblem of the professional sports team in a manner determined by the director. Such 27 license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and 28 design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by 29 section 301.130. A fee for the issuance of personalized license plates issued pursuant to 30 section 301.144 shall not be required for plates issued pursuant to this section. 31 4. A vehicle owner, who was previously issued a plate with a professional sports team 32 emblem authorized by this section but who does not provide an emblem-use authorization 33 statement at a subsequent time of registration, shall be issued a new plate which does not bear 34 the professional sports team emblem, as otherwise provided by law. 35 5. The director of the department of revenue is authorized to make agreements with 36 professional sports teams on behalf of the state which allow the use of any such team's official 37 emblem pursuant to the provisions of this section as consideration for receiving a thirty-five 38 dollar emblem-use contribution. 39 6. Except as provided in subsection 7 of this section, a professional sports team 40 receiving a thirty-five dollar contribution shall forward such contribution, less an amount not 41 in excess of five percent of the contribution for the costs of administration, to the Jackson 42 County Sports Authority or the St. Louis Regional Convention and Visitors Commission. 43 The moneys shall be administered as follows: 44 (1) The sports authority may retain not in excess of five percent of all funds 45 forwarded to it pursuant to this section for the costs of administration and shall expend the 46 remaining balance of such funds, after consultation with a professional sports team within the 47 authority's area, on marketing and promoting such team. The amount of money expended 48 from the funds obtained pursuant to this section by the authority per professional sports team 49 shall be in the same proportion to the total funds available to be expended on such team as the 50 proportion of contributions forwarded by the team to the authority is to the total contributions 51 received by the authority; 52 (2) The regional convention and visitors commission shall hold the revenues received 53 from the professional sports teams in the St. Louis area in separate accounts for each team. HB 3325 3
54 Each team may submit an annual marketing plan to the commission. Expenses of a team 55 which are in accordance with the marketing plan shall be reimbursed by the commission as 56 long as moneys are available in the account. The commission may retain not in excess of five 57 percent for the costs of administration. If no marketing plan is submitted by a team, the 58 commission shall market and promote the team. 59 7. The Kansas City Chiefs shall forward all emblem-use fees received, less an amount 60 not in excess of five percent of the costs of administration, to the Chiefs' Children's Fund, a 61 not-for-profit fund established to benefit children in need in the Kansas City area. 62 8. The director of the department of revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations 63 for the administration of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the 64 authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the 65 provisions of chapter 536. 301.3186. 1. Any vehicle owner may receive special license plates 2 commemorating the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Revolutionary War for 3 any motor vehicle the member owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned 4 motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand 5 pounds gross weight. The department of revenue shall design the Revolutionary War 6 two hundred fiftieth anniversary special license plate. The background of the license 7 plate shall depict a full-color image of the silhouette of the state of Missouri, covering 8 the entire plate, and lightened across two-thirds of the area so as not to hinder the 9 readability of the license plate registration number. Such license plates shall have the 10 words "250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY" in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE" and 11 the words "REVOLUTIONARY WAR" on the bottom of such plates. Such license 12 plates shall be made with fully reflective material, shall be clearly visible at night, and 13 shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. 14 2. The applicant for such special license plate shall pay a fifteen-dollar fee in 15 addition to the regular registration fees and present any other documentation required 16 by law for each set of Revolutionary War two hundred fiftieth anniversary plates issued 17 pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.144, no 18 additional fee shall be charged for the personalization of license plates issued pursuant 19 to this section. 20 3. The director of revenue may promulgate rules and regulations for the 21 administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 22 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall 23 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 24 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable 25 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to HB 3325 4
26 review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 27 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or 28 adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. ✔
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