Resolve, To Create a License Plate To Recognize the 2014 World Acadian Congress

Sec. 1. World Acadian Congress plate. Resolved: That, notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 454, the Secretary of State shall issue, at no cost to the Secretary of State, a reflectorized, commemorative, simulated registration plate in recognition and celebration of the 2014 World Acadian Congress, a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history, to be held in Maine in partnership with New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada. The Secretary of State shall design the plate in consultation with Comite organisateur du Congres mondial acadien 2014, and the plate must bear the date of its expiration, which is December 31, 2015. The World Acadian Congress commemorative plate may be displayed by covering, but not removing, the front registration plate on a motor vehicle, except a truck tractor as defined in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 90, including a motor vehicle registered outside this State and operated within it, until December 31, 2015; and be it further

Sec. 2. Administrative fee; distribution. Resolved: That the Secretary of State shall develop a plan for the sale and distribution of World Acadian Congress commemorative plates. The fee for the World Acadian Congress commemorative plate is $25, which must be deposited in a special fund and transferred quarterly by the Treasurer of State as follows:

1. Nine dollars per plate to the Secretary of State for the costs associated with production and issuance of the plates; and

2. Sixteen dollars per plate to the Maine Acadian Heritage Council; and be it further

Sec. 3. Other uses prohibited. Resolved: That a World Acadian Congress commemorative plate may not be sold or displayed except as provided in this resolve; and be it further

Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.

SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF

Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077

Initiative: Provides funding for materials to manufacture special commemorative license plates celebrating the World Acadian Congress.

HIGHWAY FUND	2011-12	2012-13
All Other	$0	$6,963
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$6,963