Bill Text: AZ HB2421 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Purple heart special plates; fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - House read second time [HB2421 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-HB2421-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: purple heart special plates; fees |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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HB 2421 |
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Introduced by Representative Barton
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AN ACT
amending sections 28‑2474, 28‑6501 and 41‑608, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to special license plates.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-2474, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2474. Purple heart medal recipient license plates; fees
A. The department shall issue distinctive license plates to:
1. A person who submits satisfactory proof to the department that the person is a veteran and a bona fide purple heart medal recipient.
2. The immediate family member of a person who has been issued a license plate pursuant to this section.
B. For each pair of original and annual renewal of license plates issued pursuant to this section, the department shall collect a fee of twenty‑five dollars in addition to the registration fee required by section 28‑2003. For each annual renewal of license plates issued pursuant to this section, the department shall charge a fee of five dollars in addition to the registration fee required by section 28‑2003. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the twenty‑five dollar fee as a donation in the veterans' donations fund established by section 41‑608.
Sec. 2. Section 28-6501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-6501. Definition of highway user revenues
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires or except as otherwise provided by statute, "highway user revenues" means all monies received in this state from licenses, taxes, penalties, interest and fees authorized by the following:
1. Chapters 2, 7, 8 and 15 of this title, except for:
(a) The special plate administration fees prescribed in sections 28‑2404, 28‑2412 through 28‑2459 and 28‑2514.
(b) The donations prescribed in sections 28‑2404, 28‑2412 through 28‑2415, 28‑2417 through 28‑2459, 28‑2473, 28‑2474 and 28‑2475.
2. Section 28‑1177.
3. Chapters 10 and 11 of this title.
4. Chapter 16, articles 1, 2 and 4 of this title, except as provided in sections 28‑5926 and 28‑5927.
Sec. 3. Section 41-608, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-608. Veterans' donations fund; grants
A. The veterans' donations fund is established consisting of monies, gifts and contributions donated to the department and monies deposited pursuant to sections 28‑2414, 28‑2428, 28‑2431, 28‑2447, 28‑2454, 28‑2473, 28‑2474, 28‑2475 and 43‑620. The department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. The department shall adopt rules or policies for grants of less than five thousand dollars that encourage as much competition as practicable.
B. The director or the director's designee may solicit and receive donations, including in‑kind donations, from the public for veterans. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the monetary donations in the veterans' donations fund. Monies in the fund are subject to state auditing procedures. Except for monies deposited pursuant to sections 28‑2431 and 28‑2447, the donations may be used for the benefit of the veterans within this state as grants, subject to chapter 24 of this title, if applicable.
C. The director shall establish a separate subaccount in the veterans' donations fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to section 28‑2431, subsection C. The monies in the subaccount shall be used for the construction and maintenance of the enduring freedom memorial authorized pursuant to section 41‑1363 for placement in Wesley Bolin Plaza.
D. The director shall establish a separate subaccount in the veterans' donations fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to section 28‑2447, subsection C. The monies in the subaccount shall be used for the benefit of women veterans in this state, including providing shelter to homeless women veterans as grants, subject to chapter 24 of this title, if applicable.
E. The director shall establish a separate subaccount in the veterans' donations fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to section 28‑2454, subsection C. The first thirty‑two thousand dollars in the subaccount shall be reimbursed to the person that provides the thirty‑two thousand dollars pursuant to section 28‑2454, subsection A. The director shall annually allocate monies from the subaccount to a foundation that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes and that is the nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to children of United States military members. The foundation must:
1. Have been in existence for at least fifty‑two years.
2. Have provided more than thirty-three thousand scholarships that are valued at almost ninety million dollars.
3. Have a mission that includes honoring marines and educating their children.
4. Award scholarship monies to children of marines and navy corpsmen who were killed or wounded in combat or who have demonstrated financial need.
F. The director shall inventory and account for the use of any tangible personal property donated to the fund.
G. On notice from the director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35‑313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
