CHAPTER 631
An Act to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 760 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, relating to special license plates; Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Approved March 30, 2018
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of Chapter 760 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3. Special license plates for members and supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.; fees.
A. On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, and following the provisions of § 46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia other than those relating to the fee for the plates and its disposition, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special license plates to members and supporters of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc.
B. The annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section
shall be $25 in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates. For
each such $25 fee collected in excess of 1,000 registrations pursuant to this
section, $15 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to a special
nonreverting fund known as the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc., Fund
established within the Department of Accounts. These funds shall be paid
annually to the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Inc., and used to support
its program to clear the scenic overlooks along the Blue Ridge Parkway in
order to promote tourism along the Parkway in Virginia operation and
programs in Virginia. All other fees imposed under the provisions of
this section shall be paid to, and received by, the Commissioner of the
Department of Motor Vehicles and paid by him into the state treasury and set
aside as a special fund to be used to meet the necessary expenses incurred by
the Department of Motor Vehicles.