alternative fuel plates;
undercover vehicles
HB 2150 gives law enforcement officials the ability to obtain regular alternative plates in cases where an alternative fuel vehicle is used in an undercover capacity.
HB 2150 passed the Transportation Committee unamended.
The Motor Vehicle
Division Office of Special Investigations issues undercover plates to law
enforcement agencies and federal government for use in the line of duty to
investigate actual or suspected violations of law. In order to obtain
undercover plates these agencies must submit a letter of authorization from
their governing body i.e. County/Board of Supervisors; State/Governor;
etc. These plates are issued at no fee,
as they are issued to a political subdivision.
Currently, MVD does not have statutory authority to issue alternative
fuel plates to undercover vehicles, therefore, they are issued standard
desertscape plates. This causes those
type of vehicles to be readily identified..