H1486B3315A05715 AJB:AAS 10/17/22 #90 A05715
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1486
Sponsor: SENATOR COMITTA
Printer's No. 3315
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 2 and 3, by striking out "Blue" in
line 2 and all of line 3 and inserting
pollinator conservation registration plate and for Blue Star
Family plate; and, in fees, further providing for payments to
special funds and establishing the Pollinator Habitat Program
Fund.
Amend Bill, page 1, line 7, by striking out "a section" and
inserting
sections
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 7 and 8
§ 1352.2. Pollinator conservation registration plate.
The department, in consultation with the Department of
Agriculture, shall design a special pollinator conservation
registration plate. Upon application of any person, accompanied
by a fee of $38 which shall be in addition to the registration
fee, the department shall issue the plate for a passenger car,
motor home, trailer or truck with a registered gross weight of
not more than 14,000 pounds. The Pollinator Habitat Program Fund
shall receive $25 of the fee paid by the applicant for the
plate.
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 18 and 19
Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1905. Payments to special funds.
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(d) Pollinator Habitat Program Fund.--Twenty-five dollars of
each fee received under section 1352.2 (relating to p ollinator
conservation registration plate ) shall be credited to the
Pollinator Habitat Program Fund , established as follows:
(1) The Pollinator Habitat Program Fund is established
as a special fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of
providing support for roadside pollinator initiatives.
(2) All money in the Pollinator Habitat Program Fund is
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annually appropriated to the department and may be expended
for the purposes authorized under this subsection.
(3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the
department for approval.
(4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition
for expenditures by the department in excess of estimates
approved by the Governor or in excess of the amount available
for the purposes for which the requisition was made,
whichever is the lesser amount.
Amend Bill, page 3, line 19, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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