61-3-479. Issuance of generic specialty license plates -- qualifications. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), the department shall issue a set of generic specialty license plates to a person who applies for a particular style of generic specialty license plates and pays the donation fee established by the plate sponsor and the administrative fee required in 61-3-480.
(b) If the sponsor of a generic specialty license plate is not listed on the county collection report published by the state and required under 15-1-504 as of the initial distribution date for the sale of the sponsor's plates, the department shall require the sponsor to collect the initial donation fee from, and issue a special certificate of registration to, a person who is eligible to receive the sponsor's generic specialty license plates. The person shall present the special certificate of registration upon application for the generic specialty license plates.
(2) A set of generic specialty license plates may be issued for any motor vehicle except a motorcycle or a quadricycle.
(3) (a) Except as provided in 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 and 61-3-562, a person who receives generic specialty license plates is subject to the same rules and laws as those that govern standard license plates.
(b) Except as provided in 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 and 61-3-562, the department is subject to the same rules and laws that govern the issuance of standard license plates.
(c) Generic specialty license plates issued under 61-3-472 through 61-3-481 are not subject to any maximum issuance or use limitation that may be imposed on standard license plates.
(4) A person may combine an application for a generic specialty license plate with an application for a license plate with a design bearing a representation of a wheelchair as the symbol of a person with a disability as provided in 61-3-332(9).
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 402, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 248, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 280, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 542, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 87, Ch. 596, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 392, L. 2007.
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