A. The department shall issue collegiate special plates that identify each university that is described in section 15-1601 or each community college district. The collegiate special plates shall have the same color and design as the collegiate license plates issued on or before December 31, 1992, except that on the request of a university as described in section 15-1601 or a community college district, the department may revise the color and design of the plates as appropriate for the university or community college district.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2412

  • Board: means the transportation board. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • 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

B. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28-2402 for original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars is a collegiate plate 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 transmit the collegiate plate annual donations as follows:

1. To the board of regents for placement in the appropriate university collegiate special plate fund.

2. To the community college district collegiate special plate fund established by section 15-1447.

D. The request for collegiate special plates may be combined with a request for personalized special plates. This request shall be on a form prescribed by the director and is subject to the fees required for the personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for collegiate special plates.

E. For the purposes of this section, "community college district" means a community college district that includes all of the following:

1. Is established pursuant to sections 15-1402 and 15-1403 or Section 15-1402.01.

2. Is a political subdivision of this state.

3. Has a full-time equivalent student enrollment pursuant to Section 15-1466.01 of more than fifty thousand students.