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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session

 

FACT SHEET FOR s.b. 1064

 

Hualapai tribe special plates

Purpose

Establishes Hualapai Tribe special plates and transmits donations to the Hualapai Tribal Public Works Department.

Background

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Motor Vehicle Division provides one license plate to every motor vehicle owner for each vehicle registered. ADOT must issue or renew special license plates in lieu of regular license plates under specified conditions and procedures. The fee for obtaining or renewing a special license plate is $25, of which $8 is an administration fee that ADOT deposits in the State Highway Fund (SHF) and $17 is a donation to a specific organization (A.R.S. §§§ 28-2351; 28-2402 and 28-2403).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.   Requires ADOT to issue a Hualapai Tribe special plate if, by December 31, 2022, a person pays the $32,000 implementation fee to ADOT.

2.   Requires the person who pays the $32,000 fee to design the Hualapai Tribe special plate, subject to approval by ADOT.

3.   Allows the Director of ADOT (Director) to combine a request for a Hualapai Tribe special plate with a request for a personalized special plate.

4.   Specifies that a combined request must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Director and is subject to the fees for both the Hualapai Tribe special plates and personalized license plate.

5.   Specifies that, of the $25 fee required to obtain and renew a Hualapai Tribe special plate, $8 is an administration fee and $17 is an annual donation.

6.   Requires ADOT to deposit all Hualapai Tribe special plate administration fees in the SHF and transmit all donations collected to the Hualapai Tribal Public Works Department.

7.   Requires the Hualapai Tribal Public Works Department to use the monies for:

a)   road maintenance services; and

b)   traffic control devices that conform to the manual and specifications on highways on the Hualapai Tribe Reservation in Arizona and that are not state highways.

8.  Makes conforming changes.

9.    Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 10, 2022

RA/JM/sr