(1) License plates shall be issued every six years beginning with the license plates issued in the year 2005.

(2) In the years in which plates are not issued, in lieu of issuing such license plates, the department shall furnish to every person whose motor vehicle or trailer is registered one or two validation decals, as the case may be. Such validation decals shall bear the year for which issued and be so constructed as to permit them to be permanently affixed to the plates.

(3) This section shall not apply to license plates issued pursuant to sections 60-3,203 and 60-3,228.