2023 Utah Code › Title 41 - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1a - Motor Vehicle Act › Part 16 - Sponsored Special Group License Plates › Section 1601 - Definitions.

Effective 1/1/2024
41-1a-1601.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Applicant" means a registered owner who submits an application to obtain or renew a sponsored special group license plate in accordance with this part.
(2)
(a) "Charitable purpose" means:
(i) relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged;
(ii) advancement of religion;
(iii) advancement of education or science;
(iv) erecting or maintaining a public building, monument, or work;
(v) reducing the burdens of government;
(vi) reducing neighborhood tensions;
(vii) eliminating prejudice and discrimination;
(viii) defending human rights and civil rights secured by law; or
(ix) combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency.
(b) "Charitable purpose" does not include providing, encouraging, or paying for the costs of obtaining an abortion.
(3) "Collegiate special group license plate" means a sponsored special group license plate issued to a contributor to an institution.
(4) "Contributor" means an applicant who contributes the required contribution to a sponsoring organization for a sponsored special group license plate.
(5)
(a) "Existing special group license plate" means a special group license plate that the division issues before January 1, 2024.
(b) "Existing special group license plate" does not include a special group license plate described in Subsection 41-1a-418(1)(a) or (b).
(6) "Existing state agency recognition special group license plate" means an existing special group license plate issued to a registered owner who:
(a) has a special license that supports or furthers a government purpose;
(b) has received an honor that supports or furthers a government purpose;
(c) has achieved an accomplishment that supports or furthers a government purpose; or
(d) holds an elected office.
(7) "Institution" means:
(a) a state institution of higher education as defined in Section 53B-3-102; or
(b) a private institution of higher education in the state accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
(8)
(a) "Private nonprofit organization" means a private nonprofit organization that:
(i) qualifies as being tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(ii) has a charitable purpose.
(b) "Private nonprofit organization" does not include an organization that provides, encourages, or pays for the costs of obtaining an abortion.
(9) "Private nonprofit special group license plate" means a sponsored special group license plate issued to a contributor to a private nonprofit organization.
(10) "Required contribution" means:
(a) the minimum annual contribution amount established under Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(a)(iii); or
(b) if the sponsoring organization establishes a minimum annual contribution amount in accordance with Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(b) that is greater than the minimum required contribution amount established under Subsection 41-1a-1603(4)(a)(iii), the amount the sponsoring organization establishes.
(11) "Special group license plate" means:
(a) a collegiate special group license plate;
(b) a private nonprofit special group license plate;
(c) a sponsored special group license plate;
(d) a state agency recognition special group license plate; or
(e) a state agency support special group license plate.
(12) "Sponsored special group license plate" means a license plate:
(a) designed for and associated with a sponsoring organization; and
(b) issued to an applicant in accordance with this part.
(13) "Sponsoring organization" means an institution, a private nonprofit organization, or a state agency that is or seeks to be associated with a sponsored special group license plate created under this part.
(14) "State agency recognition special group license plate" means a sponsored special group license plate issued to an applicant who:
(a) has a special license that supports or furthers a government purpose;
(b) has received an honor that supports or furthers a government purpose;
(c) has achieved an accomplishment that supports or furthers a government purpose; or
(d) holds an elected office.
(15)
(a) "State agency support special group license plate" means:
(i) a sponsored special group license plate issued to a contributor to a state agency to support a specific state agency program; or
(ii) an existing special group license plate issued for a special interest vehicle.
(b) "State agency support special group license plate" includes a cancer support license plate created by an act of the Legislature before December 31, 2022.
Enacted by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session