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REFERENCE TITLE: special license plates; discontinuation |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2192 |
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Introduced by Representatives Larkin, Cardenas, Saldate: Alston, Andrade, Bolding, Campbell, Fernandez, Hale, Mach, Mendez, Thorpe
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AN ACT
amending section 28-2404, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 7, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-2405; relating to special license plates.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-2404, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2404. Special organization license plates
A. Special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 remain valid license plates issued by this state unless the legislature enacts legislation specifically terminating those license plates.
B. The department shall issue special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 to initial applicants or applicants requesting a duplicate, replacement or new license plate.
C. The director shall allow a request for a special organization license plate authorized before September 30, 2009 to be combined with a request for personalized special plates if the organization makes the request and pays the department the monies necessary as determined by the department to cover the department's costs to implement the combination. The request shall be in a form prescribed by the director and is subject to the fees for the personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for the organization special license plate.
D. An organization that receives authorization for a special organization license plate before September 30, 2009 may redesign the special organization license plate if the new design is approved by the department and the organization pays thirty‑two thousand dollars to the department to issue the redesigned special organization license plate.
E. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28‑2402 for the original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars is an annual donation.
F. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35‑147, all special plate administration fees in the state highway fund established by section 28‑6991 and shall distribute all donations collected pursuant to this section as authorized in a written resolution of the entity that provides the thirty-two thousand dollars to the department pursuant to subsection D of this section. The entity must use the donations for the same purpose as originally approved.
G. The department shall issue special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 to applicants who are otherwise qualified by law for the license plates and who are not members of the organization if the department receives a written resolution from the organization requesting issuance to nonmembers.
Sec. 2. Title 28, chapter 7, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-2405, to read:
28-2405. Discontinuing special plates; rules
A. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not issue a special plate that is authorized pursuant to this article, excluding plates authorized pursuant to sections 28-2404, 28-2407, 28-2410, 28-2411, 28-2414, 28-2415, 28-2416, 28-2416.01 and 28-2431, if the department receives less than two thousand requests for the special plate in the prior fiscal year.
B. the director may adopt rules to implement this section.
C. This section does not affect the validity of special plates issued by the department pursuant to this article before January 1, 2018.
D. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a person who is issued a special plate before January 1, 2018 may continue to renew that special plate and the special plate annual donation monies shall continue to be deposited and distributed pursuant to the statute that regulates that specific special plate.
Sec. 3. Department of transportation; notification; special plates
The department of transportation shall notify nonprofit organizations that financially benefit from special license plates regarding sections 28‑2404 and 28-2405, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 4. Effective date
This act is effective from and after December 31, 2017.