Arizona Laws 28-2470.13. Community impact special plates; fund
A. If, by December 31, 2022, a person pays $32,000 to the department for the implementation of this section, the department shall issue community impact special plates. The person that provides the $32,000 shall design the community impact special plates. The design and color of the community impact special plates are subject to the approval of the department. The director may allow a request for community impact 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 the community impact special plates.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2470.13
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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
- Drive: means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. 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
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. Of the $25 fee required by section 28-2402 for the original special plates and for renewal of special plates, $8 is a special plate administration fee and $17 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 community impact fund established by this section.
D. The community impact special plate fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to this section. The director shall administer the fund. The first $32,000 in the fund shall be reimbursed to the person that paid the implementation fee to the department pursuant to subsection A of this section. Not more than ten percent of the 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 from the fund, excluding administrative fees, to an entity that is a charitable organization that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes. The entity must:
1. Be headquartered in this state.
2. Be affiliated with a clothing brand that is inspired by this state and that is headquartered in this state.
3. Have a mission to drive local innovation and inspire community action through the support and empowerment of entrepreneurs in this state.
4. Be dedicated to the prosperity of its community members and this state through the support of local organizations.
5. Provide both of the following:
(a) Grant opportunities to entrepreneurs in this state.
(b) Mentorships and programming for entrepreneurs in this state.
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.