House approves centennial bumper-sticker program, authorizes $5 donation for highway fund

The Utah House passed a measure establishing a "Centennial bumper sticker" and authorizing the State Tax Commission to collect a $5 donation at the time of driver’s license renewal, a member reading the bill told the chamber.

The bill text, read aloud by an unnamed member, said a portion of the $5 would be allocated annually to production costs and the remainder deposited into the Highway Trust Fund for road construction and repair. The reading included a prescribed sticker phrase: "I brake constantly for no good reason." The reader said the measure also provides penalties for noncompliance that are to follow the penalties associated with not wearing a seat belt.

The bill text as read authorized the State Tax Commission to collect the donation and to determine annually the percentage used to cover production costs; the remainder is to go to the Highway Trust Fund. The reader noted a technical note of $2,000,000 and stated, "After 2 thirds, this takes effect on today." The presiding officer then called for a voice vote; the chamber responded "Aye," and the motion was declared to have passed.

The transcript records the measure being introduced, read and approved by voice vote; no roll-call tally or named votes were provided in the record. The bill as presented directs the State Tax Commission to administer collection and distribution; the text in the transcript references production-cost deductions and deposit to the Highway Trust Fund but does not provide a line-item distribution in the record.

Next steps for the enacted text (implementation, exact production-percentage schedule and administrative rulemaking by the State Tax Commission) were not recorded in the transcript.