Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-2454, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2454. 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 license plates issued pursuant to this section, the department shall not 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 not 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
28‑2448 and 28‑2514.
(b) The donations prescribed
in sections 28‑2404, 28‑2412 through 28‑2415, 28‑2417
through 28‑2448, 28‑2453, 28‑2454
and 28‑2455.
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
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, 28‑2453, 28‑2454, 28‑2455 and 43‑620. The department shall administer the fund. notwithstanding subsection D of this section, the first thirty‑two thousand dollars deposited pursuant to section 28‑2447 shall be reimbursed to 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.
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 at the discretion of the director and shall be used to pay the department of transportation thirty‑two thousand dollars to issue women veteran special plates pursuant to section 28‑2447. The director may donate monies from the fund to organizations seeking to establish a monument or memorial on public property that recognizes or honors veterans or recognizes events in which veterans were major participants or had a major influence.
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, at the discretion of the director, for the benefit of women veterans in this state, including providing shelter to homeless women veterans.
E. The director shall inventory and account for the use of any tangible personal property donated to the fund.
F. 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.