HB2446 - 541R

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 28-2447, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-2447. Women veteran special plates

A. The department of veterans' services shall pay thirty-two thousand dollars from the veterans' donations fund established by section 41‑608 to the department of transportation for implementation of this section. The department of transportation shall design and issue women veteran special plates. The department of veterans' services shall design the women veteran special plates. The design and color of the women veteran special plates are subject to the approval of the department of transportation. Each women veteran special plate shall contain a red, white and blue design and the designation "women veterans" at the bottom of the plate. the department shall design seven different women veteran special plates as follows:

1. One plate shall contain a logo design to be approved by the director and shall be available to any applicant, even if the applicant is not a veteran or a veteran's immediate family member.

2. One plate shall contain a United States army seal.

3. One plate shall contain a United States navy seal.

4. One plate shall contain a United States marine corps seal.

5. One plate shall contain a United States air force seal.

6. One plate shall contain a United States coast guard seal.

7. One plate shall contain a Native American code talker seal.

B. an applicant may select the women veteran special plate design Only if the applicant is either:

1. A person who submits satisfactory proof to the department that the person is a veteran.

2. The immediate family member of a person who has been issued a women veteran special plate pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection.

C. An applicant who is not described in subsection B of this section may only receive a women veteran special plate design prescribed by subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section.

D. The director of the department of transportation may allow a request for women veteran special plates to be combined with a request for personalized special plates. If the director of the department of transportation allows such a combination, the request shall be in a form prescribed by the director of the department of transportation and is subject to the fees for the personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for the women veteran special plates.

B. E. Of the twenty-five dollar $25 fee required by section 28‑2402 for the original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars $8 is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars $17 is an annual donation.

C. 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 all donations collected pursuant to this section in the veterans' donations fund established by section 41‑608. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 41-608, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-608. 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 $5,000 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 F. 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 $32,000 in the subaccount shall be reimbursed to the person that provides the thirty‑two thousand dollars $32,000 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 $90,000,000.

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. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Effective date

This act is effective from and after September 30, 2019.