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Committee advances bill to create Gold Star family and father license plates after DMV reports lower production cost
Summary
Representative Arnold Davis sponsored HB1078 to let fathers and other family members obtain Gold Star license plates. DMV testified the fiscal impact is now modest (estimated $28,000–$55,000) and the committee approved an amendment clarifying acceptable proof of relationship before moving the bill 'ought to pass' as amended.
Representative Arnold Davis told the Senate Transportation Committee that House Bill 1078 would expand eligibility for Gold Star license plates beyond mothers to fathers and other family members who can document a qualifying relationship to a service member who died in service.
Davis said prior fiscal estimates exceeded $200,000 but that the Department of Safety’s revised manufacturing process reduced the cost dramatically; he offered a technical amendment (recommended by the deputy adjutant general) to…
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