§ 31-2-230 — Tribal license plates

Wyoming § 31-2-230

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 2: TITLE AND REGISTRATION
• Art. 2: REGISTRATION

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(a) Any person required to register a vehicle in Wyoming
pursuant to this article may apply for distinctive Eastern
Shoshone Indian tribe license plates for any motor vehicle that
is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle owned or
leased by the applicant upon registration of the vehicle. The
department, in consultation with the business council of the
Eastern Shoshone Indian tribe, shall prescribe the design of the
Eastern Shoshone license plate, which shall include an image of
the bucking horse and rider as described in W.S. 8-3-117, and
need not include Arabic numerals for the county. The design of
the plate shall comply with any applicable federal or state law.
(b) Any person required to register a vehicle in Wyoming
pursuant to this article may apply for distinctive Northern
Arapaho Indian tribe license plates for any motor vehicle that
is not a commercial vehicle or multipurpose vehicle owned or
leased by the applicant upon registration of the vehicle. The
department, in consultation with the business council of the
Northern Arapaho Indian tribe, shall prescribe the design of the
Northern Arapaho license plate, which shall include an image of
the bucking horse and rider as described in W.S. 8-3-117, and
need not include Arabic numerals for the county. The design of
the plate shall comply with any applicable federal or state law.
(c) The department shall arrange for production of the
license plates authorized by this section. The county treasurer
of each county shall issue the license plates.
(d) The applicant shall pay an application fee of seventy
dollars ($70.00) to the University of Wyoming, whereupon the
university shall issue a written statement of eligibility for
license plates under this section. Any fees collected under this
subsection shall be deposited in equal amounts to the Chief
Washakie memorial endowment fund and the Northern Arapaho
endowment fund and are continuously appropriated for the purpose
of funding scholarships for students at the University of
Wyoming.
(e) Applicants shall apply at least thirty (30) days
before registration is required for the vehicle for which the
plates are intended. Except as provided in this section,
application for, issuance and renewal of license plates under
this section shall be subject to the same requirements and fees
as provided in this article in addition to the application fee
in subsection (d). The license plate fee required under
W.S. 31-3-102(a)(viii) shall accompany each application.
(f) License plates issued under this section shall be
displayed only upon the vehicle for which they are issued.
(g) The department may prepare any special forms and issue
any rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.
(h) Unless five hundred (500) sets of license plates are
issued under this section before December 31, 2025, the plates
authorized under this section shall be eliminated from
production, and the department shall report the cessation of
production to the legislature not later than January 15, 2027.