State of Alaska
Fiscal Note
Bill Version: CSSB 210(STA)
2020 Legislative Session
Fiscal Note Number: 1
(S) Publish Date: 3/20/2020
Identifier: SB210-DOA-DMV-3-7-20 Department: Department of Administration
Title: LICENSE PLATES: SPECIALTY Appropriation: Motor Vehicles
ORGANIZATIONS Allocation: Motor Vehicles
Sponsor: COSTELLO OMB Component Number: 2348
Requester: Senate State Affairs
Expenditures/Revenues
Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below. (Thousands of Dollars)
Included in
FY2021 Governor's
Appropriation FY2021 Out-Year Cost Estimates
Requested Request
OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2021 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Personal Services *** *** *** *** *** ***
Travel
Services
Commodities
Capital Outlay
Grants & Benefits
Miscellaneous
Total Operating *** 0.0 *** *** *** *** ***
Fund Source (Operating Only)
None
Total *** 0.0 *** *** *** *** ***
Positions
Full-time
Part-time
Temporary
Change in Revenues
None *** *** *** *** *** ***
Total *** 0.0 *** *** *** *** ***
Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2020) cost: 0.0 (separate supplemental appropriation required)
Estimated CAPITAL (FY2021) cost: 0.0 (separate capital appropriation required)
Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account? No
(Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency? Yes
If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed?
Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
Not applicable. Initial version.
Prepared By: Joanne Olsen, Interim Director Phone: (907)269-3782
Division: Motor Vehicles Date: 03/07/2020
Approved By: Brad Ewing, Administrative Services Director Date: 03/07/20
Agency: Office of Management and Budget
Printed 3/20/2020 Page 1 of 2 Control Code: ILMHf
 CSSB 210(STA) - Fiscal Note 1
FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA BILL NO. SB210
2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
The proposed legislation requires the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to adopt regulations to allow for the issuance of
special request specialty organization license plates sponsored by charitable and government organizations within Alaska.
It requires the DMV to create a common design for the plates, which the organization can customize with their logo and a
short phrase. The DMV's regulations will require the creation of a form, an application fee to be paid by the organization,
as well as the cost of the plate development to be paid by the organization.
The proposed legislation will result in an increase in revenue. The estimated change in operating expenditures and
revenue is undetermined at this time due to unknown factors that cannot be determined until legislation is passed,
regulations are drafted, the basic design is created, and an amended contract is signed with the plate vendor.
Additional Operating Expenditures
There will be an additional cost of $4,200 per new plate design to have a new fee code created. A fee code is required to
separately account for each specialty organization plate. This is based on the rate of $105 per hour for 40 programming
hours.
There will be an additional cost per plate issued. As a comparator, current personalized plates of various styles have a
total cost of $18.56 per plate ($11.66 per plate + $6.90 for shipping). This is an estimation, as the actual cost will have to
be determined by the vendor and will depend on the final design.
Additional Revenue Generated
There will be revenue generated through the collection of an application fee, paid by the organization sponsoring the new
plate design to DMV. As this fee will be set in regulation, the revenue generated per new plate design is unknown at this
time.
There will be revenue generated through the collection of the plate fee of $100 per plate. Demand for particular
organization plates and the total revenue generated per plate sold is unknown, the DMV therefore, submits an
indeterminate fiscal note.
(Revised 10/22/19 OMB/LFD) Page 2 of 2
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Statutes affected:
SB0210A, AM SB 210, introduced 02/21/2020: 28.10.181, 28.10.421
SB0210B, AM CSSB 210(STA), introduced 03/20/2020: 28.10.181, 28.10.421