ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session
	Senate: TTMC DPA 5-2-0-0 | 3^rd Read 21-7-2-0 House: TI DPA 8-2-0-1

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SB1316: sorority and fraternity special plates

Sponsor: Senator Miranda, LD 11

Caucus & COW

Overview

Establishes the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate and Fund.

History

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is required to provide every vehicle owner one license plate for every vehicle registered upon application and payment of fees (A.R.S. § 28- 2351). Statute requires ADOT to issue or renew special plates according to specified requirements (A.R.S. § 28-2403). An initial and annual renewal fee of $25 is required for the special plate in addition to the vehicle registration fees. Of the $25 special plate fee, $8 is an administrative fee and $17 is an annual donation (A.R.S. §§ 28-2402, 2404). Special plates require a standard $32,000 implementation fee.

All license plates, including special plates, that are designed or redesigned after September  24, 2022, are required to have: 1) the background color of the license plate contrast significantly with the color of the letters and numerals and the name of the state on the license plate; and 2) the name of the state appear on the license plate in capital letters in sans serif font with a height of three-fourths of an inch (A.R.S. § 28- 2351).

Provisions

1. Establishes the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate and Fund if an entity pays $32,000 to ADOT by December 31, 2024. (Sec. 3)

2. Requires, on the request of a sorority or fraternity, the entity who provides the $32,000 to design a special plate for the sorority or fraternity that is different from designs for other sorority or fraternity special plates. (Sec. 3)

3. States that the design and color of the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate are subject to the approval of ADOT. (Sec. 3)

4. Allows the Director of ADOT (Director) to combine requests for the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate with requests for personalized special plates and subjects the request to additional fees. (Sec. 3)

5. Stipulates that of the $25 fee for the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate, $8 is an administration fee and $17 is an annual donation. (Sec. 3)

6. Requires ADOT to deposit all Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate administration fees into the state Highway Fund and all donations into the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate Fund (Fund). (Sec. 3)

7. Tasks the Director with administering the Fund. (Sec. 3)

8. Stipulates that monies in the Fund are continuously appropriated. (Sec. 3)

9. Requires the Director to annually allocate monies from the Fund to the entity that paid the implementation fee to ADOT and that must have been founded in 2018 and has a mission to:

a) foster cooperative actions of its members in dealing with matters of mutual concern;

b) promote the well-being of its affiliate sororities and fraternities, facilitate the establishment and development of local councils and provide leadership training for its constituents; and

c) educate citizens and communities in this state in the interest of the general public through community education, literature and broadcast information with respect to government issues about methodologies and strategies to improve, maintain and promote the needs and knowledge of the residents of this state, with respect to economic development, public safety and access to educational opportunities so that the residents of this state can serve for the protection, conversation and preservation of their human and natural environment in and around this state. (Sec. 3)

10. Directs the State Treasurer, on notice from the Director, to invest and divest Fund monies and states that monies earned from investment must be credited to the Fund. (Sec. 3)

11. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-2, 4-6)

Amendments:

Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

1. Removes the requirement that the entity who provides the $32,000 design a special plate for a sorority or fraternity that is different from designs for other sorority or fraternity special plates, on the request of a sorority or fraternity.

2. Renames the Sorority and Fraternity Special Plate and Fund, the Divine Nine Special Plate and Fund.

3. Requires the entity that provides the $32,000 fee to design the Divine Nine Special Plate.

4. Allows the name of a sorority and fraternity to be displayed along the bottom of the Divine Nine Special Plate as approved by ADOT.

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