28-2434. Emergency medical services special plates

A. If, by December 31, 2014, a nonprofit corporation in this state that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes pays thirty-two thousand dollars to the department for the implementation of this section, the department shall issue emergency medical services special plates. The nonprofit corporation that provides the thirty-two thousand dollars for the implementation of the emergency medical services special plates shall design the emergency medical services special plates.  The design and color of the emergency medical services special plates are subject to the approval of the department.  The director may allow a request for emergency medical services 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 emergency medical services 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 shall distribute all donations collected pursuant to this section as authorized in a written resolution of the nonprofit corporation that provided the thirty-two thousand dollars for implementation of this section.  The nonprofit corporation shall file a copy of this resolution with the department.  The nonprofit corporation must use the donations for public purposes related to emergency medical services.