Arizona Laws 28-2448. Arizona centennial special plates; fund
A. The department shall issue Arizona centennial special plates. The department shall use thirty-two thousand dollars from the state highway fund, established by section 28-6991, to implement this section. The office of tourism shall design the Arizona centennial special plates. The design and color of the Arizona centennial special plates are subject to the approval of the department. The director of the department of transportation may allow a request for Arizona centennial 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 Arizona centennial special plates.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2448
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Special plates: means plates issued pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 28-2401
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State highway: means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
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 Arizona centennial special plate fund established by this section.
D. The Arizona centennial special plate fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to this section. The director shall administer the fund. The first thirty-two thousand dollars in the fund shall be reimbursed to the state highway fund established by section 28-6991. Not more than ten percent 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 allocate monies in the fund to the university of Arizona to pay costs related to the maintenance and operations of the mining, mineral and natural resources educational museum.
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.