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Committee hears sponsor and DOT on proposed ‘blackout’ license plates; questions about fees and production remain
Summary
Senate Bill 21-33 would add a black-background license plate option; DOT and the bill sponsor said the design has been popular in other states, but committee members questioned a proposed initial fee and the annual $25 surcharge that currently applies to special plates.
Senate Bill 21-33 would authorize a solid-black background vehicle license plate with white lettering as an optional plate type for qualifying vehicles and motorcycles. The House Transportation Committee heard from the bill sponsor and the Department of Transportation; committee members raised questions about production costs, fee structure and how the plate would be distinguished from similar plates in neighboring states.
Sponsor Senator Kirsten Rohrer told the committee the plate was requested by a constituent in Horace who liked Minnesota’s blackout plates. "The intent behind it is to be black background, white writing, simple, clean plate," she…
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