SB 154 Summary

• Changes special request registration plates celebrating the arts from "commemorating" language and reduces the fee from $150 to $50, collected only on first issuance and replacement rather than biennially.

• Creates new special request registration plates commemorating the Blood Bank of Alaska with a $50 fee collected biennially, with excess revenues appropriated to the Blood Bank of Alaska.

• Establishes a four-year design competition cycle for arts plates managed by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, including a panel of judges and public voting to select winning designs.

• Requires the Alaska State Council on the Arts to hold the first design competition within one year of the act's effective date.

• Directs excess revenue from arts plate fees to pay winning designers and support programs benefiting the arts, while excess Blood Bank plate fees support the Blood Bank of Alaska.