An Act To Create a License Plate for the Elks Organization
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0128
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: MILLER, BLANCHARD

Legislative Document 
No. 128 
H.P.104 
House of Representatives, January 11,2005 
An Act To Create a License Plate for the Elks Organization 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MILLER of Somerville. 
Cosponsored by Representative: BLANCHARD of Old Town. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 29-A MRS A §456-C is enacted to read: 
§456-C. 
Elks registration plates 
The Secretary of State shall issue registration plates for 
the Beneyolent Protective Order of Elks, 
referred to ln this 
section as "the Elks," beginning November L 
2006 in accordance 
with this section and the guidelines of section 468. 
Elks plates 
are not required for registration of a motor vehicle but are to 
allow 
citizens 
to 
participate 
voluntarily 
to 
fund 
special 
programs that this organization supports. 
1. 
Elks registration plate. 
The Secretary of State, upon 
receiving an application and evidence of payment of the excise 
tax required by Title 36, 
section 1482, 
the registration fee 
required by section 501 and the administrative fee and voluntary 
contribution 
provided 
for 
in 
subsection 
2, 
shall 
issue 
a 
registration certificate and a set of Elks registration plates to 
be used in lieu of regular registration plates. 
These plates 
must bear identification numbers and letters. 
2. 
Administrative 
fee 
and 
contribution 
to 
special 
programs. 
A person may contribute to the Elks Special Programs 
Fund established under subsection 5 by applying for the special 
registration plates and submitting, in addition to the regular 
motor vehicle registration fee, a sum of $20 credited as follows: 
A. 
Ten 
dollars 
to 
the 
Elks 
Special 
Programs 
Fund 
established under subsection 5; and 
Bt 
Ten dollars to the Specialty License Plate Fund 
as 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
3. 
Design. 
A sponsor must submit a design for the Elks 
special registration plate to the Secretary of State for approval 
or modification in accordance with section 468, subsection 5. 
4. 
Renewal fee. 
In addition to the regular motor vehicle 
registration 
fee 
prescribed 
by 
law, 
the 
annual 
renewal 
contribution for Elks special registration plates is $15, which 
must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and credited as 
follows: 
A. 
Ten 
dollars 
to 
the 
Elks 
Special 
Programs 
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established under subsectir_'ll _ ( and 
B. 
Five 
dollars 
to 
the 
Specialty 
License 
Plate 
Fund 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
5. 
Special fund established. 
The Treasurer of State shall 
ruLtablish the Elks Special Programs Fund into which fees paid for 
Elks registration plates are deposited pursuant to subsections 2 
and 4 to fund programs supported by the Elks. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the issuance of a special registration 
plate for the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks that will fund 
special programs of that fraternal and civic organization.