55-4-313 - Niswonger Children's Hospital.
55-4-313. Niswonger Children's Hospital.
(a) Owners or lessees of motor vehicles who are residents of this state, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and paying the regular fee applicable to the motor vehicle and the fee provided for in § 55-4-203, shall be issued a Niswonger Children's Hospital new specialty earmarked plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).
(b) The new specialty earmarked plates provided for in this section shall contain a logo or other design representative of the mission of Niswonger Children's Hospital. The plates shall be designed in consultation with the administration and governing body of Niswonger Children's Hospital.
(c) Funds produced from the sale of Niswonger Children's Hospital new specialty earmarked plates shall be allocated to the Mountain States Health Foundation in accordance with § 55-4-215. The funds shall be used for the sole purpose of developing and expanding Niswonger Children's Hospital, the Tri-Cities region's only children's hospital.
(d) Section 55-4-201(f) shall not apply to the new specialty earmarked plate authorized by this section.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person issued a Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plate authorized and issued pursuant to the former provisions of this section prior to July 1, 2009, shall be entitled to retain the license plate for vehicular use upon compliance with all motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and payment of all required fees.
(2) Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plates shall be included in any calculations for issuance and continuation of issuance of Niswonger Children's Hospital new specialty earmarked plates authorized pursuant to this section.
(3) No Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plate shall be required to be replaced with any redesigned license plate issued pursuant to this section until such time as the next regular replacement of the previously issued plate is scheduled; provided, that any person previously issued a Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plate may request a redesigned Niswonger Children's Hospital new specialty earmarked plate, if issued, at the time of their next regular renewal.
(4) If Niswonger Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plates are subsequently deemed obsolete pursuant to any provision of § 55-4-201(h)(1), such determination shall also apply to all Children's Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center new specialty earmarked plates previously issued.
[Acts 2004, ch. 791, § 2; 2009, ch. 589, § 31.]