UGENTI FLOOR AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1480
(Reference to TRANSPORTATION Committee amendment)
Page 1, line 32, strike "28‑2456" insert "28‑2457"
Page 2, line 14, strike "28-2456" insert "28-2457"
Page 3, line 8, strike "and" insert a comma
Line 9, after "28‑2456" insert "and 28‑2457"
Page 8, between lines 31 and 32, insert:
"28-2457. Fallen hero special plates; fund
A. If, by December 31, 2014, a foundation described in subsection E of this section pays thirty‑two thousand dollars to the department for the implementation of this section, the department shall issue fallen hero special plates for motor vehicles. The foundation that provides the thirty‑two thousand dollars shall design the fallen hero special plates. The design and color of the fallen hero special plates are subject to the approval of the department. the director may allow a request for fallen hero special plates to be combined with a request for personalized special plates. If the director allows such a 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 fallen hero special plates.
B. 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.
C. 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 all donations collected pursuant to this section in the fallen hero special plate fund established by this section.
D. The fallen hero special plate fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to this section. The director shall administer the fund. Not more than ten per cent of monies deposited in the fund annually shall be used for the cost of administering the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated.
E. The director shall annually distribute all monies in the fund, excluding administrative fees, to the foundation that paid the implementation fee to the department pursuant to subsection A of this section. The foundation must be a national leader in providing resources and educational scholarship support to veterans, active service members and dependents of veterans and active service members and satisfy all of the following requirements:
1. Have a scholarship program that aids all veterans, specifically the growing population of veterans and dependents of veterans resulting from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
2. Have a mission that requires investment in veterans and families of veterans through education and community.
3. Be a charitable organization that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes.
4. Be named after a person who died overseas while in active military duty and who graduated from a university in this state.
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."
Page 8, lines 40 and 42, strike "28‑2456" insert "28‑2457"
Page 10, line 15, strike "28‑2456" insert "28‑2457"
Page 12, line 8, strike "28‑2456" insert "28‑2457"
Page 13, line 15, strike "title" insert "titles"
Line 16, before "Section" insert "A."
Between lines 17 and 18, insert:
"B. Section 28‑2457, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, may be cited as the "Pat Tillman Legacy Plate Act"."
Amend title to conform
Michelle Ugenti |