ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate:  PS DP 7-0-0-0 | Third Read 26-3-1-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1020: special plate; Arizona space commission

Sponsor: Senator Shamp, LD 29

Committee on Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Overview

Creates the Arizona Space Commission (ASC) special plate.

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. Statute requires ADOT to issue or renew special plates according to specified requirements. 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. Special plates require a standard $32,000 implementation fee (A.R.S. §§ 28-2351, 28-2402, 28-2403, 28-2404).

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.   Requires ADOT to establish the ASC Special Plate if a person pays the $32,000 implementation fee by December 31, 2026. (Sec. 3)

2.   Allows the person who pays the implementation fee to design the ASC Special Plates, subject to ADOT approval. (Sec. 3)

3.   Authorizes the ADOT Director to combine requests for the ASC Special Plate and a personalized license plate, in a form prescribed by ADOT and subject to fees for both plates. (Sec. 3)

4.   Requires that, of the $25 fee required to obtain and renew a special plate, $8 is an administrative fee and $17 is an annual donation. (Sec. 3)

5.   Instructs ADOT to deposit the $8 administrative fee in the State Highway Fund and the $17 annual donation in the Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund. (Sec. 3)

6.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2, 4-7)

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