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As a revenue sharing plate $15.00 of the $25.00 fee is transferred to the locality in which the vehicle is registered. These funds are paid annually and shall be used by the localities to support sterilization programs for dogs and cats.

Please send us up-to-date information if you are working on, or have additional information about this program.

GET THE PLATES

What better way to promote and support the program than by getting the plates and advertising them on your own car! Information available at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (License Plate Order Form is available online.)

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Collaborate and communicate with others working on AFLP around the nation and in Virginia.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Slogan: "I'm Animal Friendly"

Fee: $25
Amount to Spay-Neuter: $15

Balance: DMV for adminstrative costs
Fund: Dog and Cat Sterilization Fund. (Note: Virginia has no state-wide animal population fund, ergo this non-reverting fund was created.)
Fund Administrator: (State) Department of Motor Vehicles (Local) County/City/Town Executive
Fund Disbursement: These funds are paid annually and shall be used by the localities to support sterilization programs for dogs and cats.

Required sales numbers before disbursement starts: 1000

BILL TEXT

TITLE 46.2. MOTOR VEHICLES.
SUBTITLE II. TITLING, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE.
CHAPTER 6. TITLING AND REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
ARTICLE 10. SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

s 46.2-749.2:7 Special license plates for supporters of dog and cat sterilization programs; fees.

A. On receipt of an application and payment of the fee prescribed by this section, the Commissioner shall issue special license plates to supporters of dog and cat sterilization programs.

B. The annual fee for plates issued pursuant to this section shall be twenty-five dollars in addition to the prescribed fee for state license plates. For each such twenty-five-dollar fee collected in excess of 1,000 registrations pursuant to this section, fifteen dollars shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to a special nonreverting fund known as the Dog and Cat Sterilization Fund, established within the Department of Accounts. These funds shall be paid annually to the locality in which the vehicle is registered and shall be used by the localities to which they are paid to support sterilization programs for dogs and cats. Each affected locality shall annually certify in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner that these funds have been or are being used to support sterilization programs for dogs and cats. If an affected locality does not have such a sterilization program, it shall (i) make the funds available to any private, nonprofit sterilization program for dogs and cats in that locality: (ii) return the funds to the Commissioner; or (iii) refuse the funds. Any funds refused, returned to the Commissioner, or otherwise not paid to an affected locality shall be distributed to other affected localities on a pro rata basis.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Bill Sponsor(s):
Supporting Organization(s):
American Humane Association (AHA), the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Prevent a Litter Coalition, Inc. (PaLC), People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA), and the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies

Background:

SALES DATA

AFLP Virginia Statistics to FY01 (by jurisdiction)
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Total Sales to date:

FY 98 - $ 9,405
FY 99 - $ 52,440
FY 00 - $ 94,470
FY 01 - $126,210
FY 02 - $133,380
FY 03 - $149,325

Total Number of plates sold to date:

FY 98 -
FY 99 -
FY 00 -
FY 01 -
FY 02 - 8,714
FY 03 - 9,587 (FY to date 5/15/03)

Please note: sales and plate #s don't match 1:1 because some plates are 2 year purchases.

COMMENTS

In addition, a state wide effort, Spay Virginia has been launched. While not funded by AFLP sales in Virginia, we encourage you to review this program at www.spayva.org

Prevent a Litter Coalition, Inc.
Post Office Box 9294, Reston, VA 20195