61-3-476. Qualification and approval of governmental body as sponsor. (1) To qualify for sponsorship of a generic specialty license plate, a governmental body shall:
(a) apply for sponsorship through the executive body of a tribal government, the state agency director or department head, the commission or council of a local government or political subdivision, or the board of trustees of a school district on a form or in a format approved by the department;
(b) if the governmental body is a state agency, identify the statutory authority under which it is relying to seek sponsorship of a generic specialty license plate and specify the account in which any generic specialty license plate donations must be placed;
(c) designate one of its officers or employees as the governmental body's generic specialty license plate liaison. The liaison is responsible for all communications with the department regarding the governmental body's sponsorship of generic specialty license plates and shall file the liaison's name, address, and telephone number with the department.
(2) The legislature may designate a governmental body to be a successor to a governmental body that is terminated. The successor governmental body shall succeed to all rights and responsibilities of the original sponsor.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 402, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 280, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 223, L. 2005.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Certificates of Title, Registration, and Taxation of Motor Vehicles
61-3-401. Definition of personalized license plates
61-3-402. Personalized license plates authorized
61-3-403. Color and design of personalized license plates -- exception
61-3-404. Personalized license plates restricted to registered owner
61-3-405. Application for personalized plates
61-3-406. Fees for personalized plates -- disposition
61-3-408. through 61-3-410 reserved
61-3-411. Registration of motor vehicle owned and operated solely as collector's item
61-3-415. Special motorcycle license plates -- department to design -- fees -- distribution
61-3-416. through 61-3-420 reserved
61-3-421. Amateur radio operators -- special license plate
61-3-422. Issuance -- application -- additional fee
61-3-423. Limit of one identical pair of plates for each operator
61-3-425. Special plates -- sale or transfer of auto -- revocation or expiration of radio license
61-3-426. Combined license plates
61-3-427. through 61-3-430 reserved
61-3-432. Exemptions of vehicles not capable of operation on highways
61-3-433. Issuance of identification decal and receipt -- contents
61-3-434. Attaching receipt to equipment -- inspection
61-3-435. Certificate of title -- transaction summary receipt -- prima facie evidence
61-3-436. through 61-3-440 reserved
61-3-446. Retention of special license plates
61-3-448. Commemorative centennial license plates -- continued use authorized
61-3-449. and 61-3-450 reserved
61-3-455. Violation a misdemeanor
61-3-458. Special plates for military personnel, veterans, spouses, and gold star families
61-3-459. Veterans' cemetery fee for special veteran license plates -- disposition
61-3-460. Motor vehicle registration fee and veterans' cemetery fee waivers
61-3-463. Collegiate license plates
61-3-464. Application for collegiate license plates
61-3-465. Issuance -- application -- additional fee -- disposition
61-3-466. Personalized collegiate license plates
61-3-467. Authorization to receive and transmit donations
61-3-468. Collegiate license plates -- continued use with institution's former name authorized
61-3-469. through 61-3-471 reserved
61-3-475. Qualifications and approval of organization as sponsor
61-3-476. Qualification and approval of governmental body as sponsor
61-3-477. Generic specialty license plate liaison -- responsibilities
61-3-478. Generic specialty license plate sponsor fee
61-3-479. Issuance of generic specialty license plates -- qualifications
61-3-480. Fees for generic specialty license plates -- disposition
61-3-481. Generic specialty license plates -- restrictions on use