INITIATED STATUTORY MEASURE NO. 4
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PERSONALIZED VEHICLE
PLATES FOR VOLUNTEE
R EMERGENCY RESPONDE
RS
This initiated statutory measure would create a new section to Chapter 39-04 requiring the Director of the
Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide red personalized vehicle plates to volunteer emergency
responders upon request. The measure provides the plates will not have an initial or an annual cost. Under the
measure, volunteer emergency responders include firefighters and medical responders. The measure would
prohibit the display of the plates on a vehicle weighing over 20,000 pounds. The measure would require the first
three digits of the plates to be the last three digits of the zip code where t
he volunteer's department is located.
The measure provides the plates would serve as an entrance pass to all North Dakota state parks.
The Department of Transportation presented information on the estimated fiscal impact of this measure.
A
copy of the fiscal note submitted by DOTis attached as Appendix
D.
Statement of EstimatedFiscal Impact of the Measure
The fiscal note prepared by DOTstates the
fiscal impact of the statutory measure would
be an estimated lossof $3,637,740 of revenue during the 2019-
21 biennium and that costs for one-time programming and license platesof $117,740
would be incurred during the 2019-21 biennium. The fiscal note states the estimated
revenue losseach biennium there after would total $3,520,000 per biennium resulting in decreases in deposits to the
highway tax distribution fund of $2,750,000 and the Parks and Recreation Department operating fund of $770,000.
Of the $2,750,000 decrease in deposits to the highway tax distribution fund, $1,023,000 would have been distributed to
cities, counties, and townships; $41,250 would have been deposited in the public
transportation fund; and $1,727,000 would have been deposited in the state highway fund
