9/25/2007
Breast Cancer Awareness special interest license plate sale begins Sept. 24
BOISE - A new Breast Cancer Awareness license plate went on sale Sept. 24 at county automobile licensing offices statewide under a new specialty license plate program that was enacted by the Idaho Legislature in 2006.
The specialty license plate will feature a pink ribbon and the words Early Detection Saves Lives.
Funds raised by the new license plate will help low-income, uninsured women receive breast cancer education and screening through Idahos Community Health Centers, which are located throughout Idaho and are the medical home to nearly 100,000 Idahoans. Community Health Centers provide primary health care to all Idahoans regardless of ability to pay with a focus on prevention and early intervention.
Miss Idaho 2005, Tracey Brown, created the license plate and lobbied the Idaho Legislature to pass the legislation required to establish the specialty license plate. The effort was part of her year of service in promoting her platform, Breast Cancer Awareness: Education, Support, and Research. She was awarded the Quality of Life Award at the Miss America pageant for her work on the license plate and the cause of breast cancer awareness.
An initial program fee of $35 will be charged when the plate is first purchased; each subsequent renewal will cost $25. The program fees are in addition to all other applicable annual registration fees, county administrative fees and plate fees. All but $10 of the special program fees goes to the Community Health Centers through the Idaho Primary Care Association.
This new license plate may be displayed only on passenger vehicles, light trucks with a gross vehicle weight of up to 26,000 pounds, motorhomes, and camper trailers (excluding horse, car, and cargo trailers with living facilities).
These special plates also can be personalized with up to five letters and/or numbers. The cost to personalize the specialty plates is $25 in addition to both the special program fees and all other required annual registration and plate fees. The renewal fee for a personalized plate is an additional $15 per year.
Individuals also can purchase sample versions of the Breast Cancer Awareness plates from the Idaho Transportation Department for $30. Twenty dollars of each sample plate sale go to the plates special interest fund. Sample plates can be personalized at no additional cost; these plates cannot be displayed on motor vehicles, but they do make unique gifts for friends and family.
Standard issue, sequentially numbered, Breast Cancer Awareness license plates are only available at county assessors offices after they go on sale. Personalized and sample plates also can only be purchased, after the plates go on sale, by mail, by fax, or online from the Idaho Transportation Department office in Boise at the following web site https://www.accessidaho.org/secure/itd/personalized/plates.html.
All future renewals for these new plates will be processed at local county automobile licensing offices.