Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 3. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Part 4. Special Registration

Generic Specialty License Plate Liaison -- Responsibilities

61-3-477. Generic specialty license plate liaison -- responsibilities. (1) Upon the department's approval of an organization's or a governmental body's proposed sponsorship of a generic specialty license plate, the generic specialty license plate liaison designated under 61-3-475(1)(c) and 61-3-476(1)(c) shall submit to the department the sponsor's name, identifying phrase, and graphic that will appear on the generic specialty license plate.

(2) The generic specialty license plate liaison shall:

(a) verify and approve in writing the prototype or mockup of the sponsor's generic specialty license plate before it may be manufactured or issued by the department; and

(b) confirm, in writing, the donation fee established by the sponsor for initial purchase of the sponsor's generic specialty license plate and for renewal of the sponsor's generic specialty license plate if the fee is required on renewal.

(3) Once a sponsor's generic specialty license plate has been approved for manufacture and distribution, the donation fee established by the sponsor and confirmed by the liaison may not be changed unless a new plate design is authorized in accordance with 61-3-475.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 402, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 280, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 223, L. 2005.