An Act To Create The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital Registration Plate
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1685
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: COLLINS, FARNSWORTH, DAVIS, DILL, JACKSON, GILLWAY, HARRINGTON, ORDWAY, PICCHIOTTI, WHITE
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-H

Legislative Document
No. 1685
S.P. 621
In Senate, December 22, 2017
An Act To Create The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital 
Registration Plate
Submitted by the Secretary of State pursuant to Joint Rule 203.
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017.  Referred to the Committee 
on Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator COLLINS of York.
Cosponsored by Representative FARNSWORTH of Portland and
Senators: DAVIS of Piscataquis, DILL of Penobscot, JACKSON of Aroostook, 
Representatives: GILLWAY of Searsport, HARRINGTON of Sanford, ORDWAY of Standish, 
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield, WHITE of Washburn.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §456-H is enacted to read:
§456-H.  The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital registration plates
1.  The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital registration plates.  The Secretary of 
State, upon receiving an application and evidence of payment of the excise tax required 
by Title 36, section 1482, the annual motor vehicle registration fee required by section 
or 504 and the contribution provided for in subsection 3, shall issue a registration 
certificate and a set of The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration plates to 
be used in lieu of regular registration plates.
2.  Design; review; vanity plates.  The Secretary of State, in consultation with The 
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, shall determine a design for The Barbara Bush 
Children's Hospital special registration plates.  The joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters shall review the final design 
prior to manufacture of the plates.  The Secretary of State shall issue upon request The 
Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration plates that are also vanity plates.  
The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration plates are issued in accordance 
with the provisions of this section and section 453.
3.  Contribution; credit to funds.  In addition to the regular motor vehicle 
registration fee prescribed by law for the particular class of vehicle registered, the initial 
contribution for The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration plates is $20, 
which must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and credited as follows:
A.  Ten dollars to The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital to support ongoing pediatric 
programs;
B.  Nine dollars to the Highway Fund for administrative and production costs; and
C.  One dollar to the Specialty License Plate Fund established under section 469.
4.  Renewal fee.  In addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee prescribed 
by law, the annual renewal contribution for The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special 
registration plates is $15, which must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and 
credited as follows:
A.  Ten dollars to The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital to support ongoing pediatric 
programs;
B.  Four dollars to the Highway Fund for administrative and production costs; and
C.  One dollar to the Specialty License Plate Fund established under section 469.
5.  Payment for costs associated with the production and issuance of the first 
2,000 plates.  The sponsor of The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration 
plates shall provide $50,000 to the Secretary of State for costs associated with the 
production and issuance of The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital registration plates.  The 
Secretary of State shall deposit these funds in the Specialty License Plate Fund 
established under section 469.  In accordance with section 468, subsection 3-A, the 
Secretary of State shall provide 2,000 credit receipts to the sponsor to provide to each 
supporter who contributed $25.  A credit receipt may be used only to obtain one set of 
special registration plates.
6.  Transfer of fees.  On a quarterly basis, the Secretary of State shall transfer the 
revenue from the issuance and renewal of The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special 
registration plates to the Treasurer of State for deposit and crediting pursuant to 
subsections 3 and 4.
7.  Duplicate plates prohibited.  The Secretary of State shall issue The Barbara 
Bush Children's Hospital special registration plate in a unique 3-number and 3-letter 
combination sequence.  Vanity plates may not duplicate vanity plates issued in another 
class of plate.
8.  Weight limit.  The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital special registration plates 
may be issued for a motor vehicle that does not exceed 26,000 pounds.  A motor vehicle 
that exceeds 6,000 pounds is subject to the fees in section 504.
9.  Date of first issue.  The Secretary of State shall issue the first The Barbara Bush 
Children's Hospital special registration plate by October 1, 2018.
SUMMARY
This bill creates a new specialty registration plate that will generate funds to support 
The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, the only full-service 
children's hospital in the State.