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Tuesday, December 10, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
New colorffml licen
doesn't rekindle
se plate
debate of 83
By Kent Endacott
Staff Reporter
The switch from the generic, blue-on-white
Nebraska license plates to a
new, multi-colored piate scheduled for
January 1987 should be smooth and
non-controversial, state Department of
Motor Vehicles officials say.
Lynne Haas, public information officer
at the motor vehicles department, said
an early start on the new plates will
help avoid another "great license plate
debate," which occupied the Legisla
ture for three months in 1983. Produc
tion on the 2.9 million plates will begin
in February 1986.
This year the department's 1985-86
budget submitted to the Legislature
during the 1985 session included appro
priations for the new 1987 license
plate. Normally the license plates are
not included in the budget until one
year before the plates are produced.
But the department decided to ask for
plate appropriations to avoid problems
that it had in 1984, said Jeff Elliott,
deputy director of the department.
In 1984, the Legislature's debate
caused a production delay. The delay
caused some people to have to get
temporary license plate renewal stickers
since not all the plates were ready.
They also were unable to get the same
number on their license plate as their
previous plates.
State Sen. Shirley Marsh said since
the Legislature couldn't resolve the
license plate issue in 1984, the motor
vehicles department took the respon
sibility. They did so by not taking
action, she said.
No agreement
The Legislature's inaction on the
license plate issue during the 1 985 ses
sion could have been partly because it
had more important issues to deal
with, Marsh said.
In 1983, senators debated what slo
gan should be printed on the new
plates. In the end, no agreement could
be reached on a specific slogan or
design, resulting in the generic plates.
Nevertheless, the Legislature passed
a bill that requires Nebraska to issue
new license plates every three years.
The law also requires that the color of
the plates be changed each time new
license plates are issued.
The new license plates will be red,
black, gold and white and similar to
the state Economic Development
Department's "Discover Nebraska"
bumper sticker.
The new design was chosen by Motor
Vehicle Department Director Holly
Jensen from three designs drawn up
and submitted for bids.
$1 charge
The new plates will cost 90 cents,
about 6 cents more per plate than the
generic plates and will be produced by
inmates at the Nebraska State Peni
tentiary. No money from the state's general
budget will be used to produce the
more elaborate plates, Elliott said.
"The new license plates will be
funded entirely through an appropria
tion from the highway department," he
said. "Under law, there is a $1 charge
on every new plate purchased. This
money will go to repay the highway
department's trust fund."
Haas said the new plates will force
everyone to register their vehicles,
producing revenue for the state.
"The new plates will help the law
enforcement officers to spot unregis
tered vehicles," she said.
The plate design that represents a
sunset, already has proven to be very
popular in a tourism campaign launched
by the state Department of Economic
Development, Haas said.
"It's looked on by a lot of people as
the signature of the state," she said.
"It's showing up everywhere. People
associate it with the good life."
Holiday lights in HSS courtyard
From Staff Reports
nance people helped by providing
ladders and equipment to put up the
lights, he said.
Residents in Harper-Schramm-Smith
residence complex can enjoy the holi
day season every night by glancing out
their windows to the courtyard below. Interviews TeQllired
With the help of maintenance person-
nel, members of the complex social
committee decorated the courtyard's
trees with Christmas lights.
Bob Shambora, committee member,
said the committee came up with the
idea.
Shambora said the money for the pro
ject came out of the social committee
fund, which was "about $150." Mainte-
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