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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
military services special plates
Purpose
Establishes, effective October 1, 2019, the military services special plate and allows women veteran special plates to be designed with six different military insignias.
Background
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Motor Vehicle Division provides one license plate to every motor vehicle owner for each vehicle registered (A.R.S. § 28‑2351). ADOT is required to issue or renew special license plates in lieu of regular license plates under specified conditions and procedures (A.R.S. § 28-2403). The fee for obtaining or renewing a special license plate is $25 (A.R.S. § 28-2402). From the $25 fee, typically, $8 is an administration fee that ADOT deposits in the State Highway Fund (SHF) and $17 is considered a donation to the respective organization or charitable fund. ADOT currently offers over 60 special license plates.
The Veterans' Donation Fund (VDF) consists of donated monies, gifts and contributions to the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) and monies from certain veteran and honored military special plates. ADVS administers the VDF and may use VDF monies for the benefit of the veterans within Arizona as grants (A.R.S. § 41-608).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
Military Services Special Plates
1. Requires ADOT to issue military service special license plates if by December 31, 2019 a person pays $32,000 to ADOT for implementation fees.
2. Requires ADOT and ADVS to design the military services special license plate in a manner that allows for a military branch of service insignia to be placed on the plate at the request of the applicant.
3. Allows the Director of ADOT (Director) to combine requests for military services special license plates with personalized special plates.
4. Specifies that a combined request is required to be submitted on a form prescribed by the Director and is subject to fees for the both the military services special license plates and personalized plates.
5. Specifies that, of the $25 fee required to obtain and renew a military services special plate, $8 is an administration fee and $17 is an annual donation.
6. Requires ADOT to deposit all military services special plate administration fees into the SHF and all remaining monies into the VDF.
7. Requires the Director of ADVS to establish a separate subaccount in the VDF for the deposits of monies received from the military services special plates.
8. Requires the first $32,000 in the subaccount to be reimbursed to the person who paid the initial implementation fee.
9. Requires the remaining monies in the subaccount to be used for services to benefit:
a) U.S. veterans in Arizona; or
b) immediate family members of U.S. veterans in Arizona.
Women Veteran Special Plates
10. Requires ADOT to design six different women veteran special plates that contain the following:
a) a logo design that is approved by the Director and available to any applicant, even if the applicant is not a veteran or a veteran's immediate family member;
b) a United States Army Seal;
c) a United States Navy Seal;
d) a United States Marine Corps Seal;
e) a United States Air Force Seal; and
f) a United States Coast Guard Seal.
11. Specifies that each women veteran special license plate must contain a red, white and blue design with the designation Women Veterans at the bottom of the plate.
12. Allows an applicant to select the women veteran special plate with a military branch insignia if they either:
a) submit satisfactory proof to ADOT that they are a veteran; or
b) are the immediate family member of a person who has been issued a women veteran special plate.
13. Specifies that anyone who does not submit proof of veteran's status or is not an immediate family member of a person who has been issued a women veteran special plate may only receive a women veteran special plate without a military branch insignia.
Miscellaneous
14. Makes technical and conforming changes.
15. Becomes effective on October 1, 2019.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
3. Allows an applicant to select the women veteran special plate with a military branch insignia if they submit proper proof or are immediate family members of a woman veteran.
4. Specifies that anyone who does not submit proof of veteran's status or is not an immediate family member of a person who has been issued a women veteran special plate may only receive a women veteran special plate without a military branch insignia.
5. Makes technical and conforming changes.
House Action Senate Action
TRANS 2/20/19 DPA 4-3-0-0 TPS 3/13/19 DP 6-0-2
3rd Read 3/4/19 37-22-1
Prepared by Senate Research
April 17, 2019
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