Assigned to TRA & APP FOR CAUCUS & FLOOR ACTION

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Phoenix, Arizona
REVISED

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2681

veterans' commission; special plates; donations

Purpose

Allows the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to issue a veterans plate to the spouse or an immediate family member of a veteran who has obtained a veteran plate. Redirects monies collected for other military specialty plates from the Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) to the existing state home for veterans trust fund.

Background

Laws 1992, Chapter 208 (S.B. 1140) created the veteran special plates. Currently, the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) is only issuing these specialty plates to a certified veteran. Under H.B. 2681, MVD will be able to issue a veteran plate, at the same cost, to the spouse or an immediate family member of a veteran who has previously obtained this specialty plate.

H.B. 2681, as amended in the Transportation Committee, also redirects fees collected for the initial registration of former prisoner of war (POW) plates, purple heart plates and Pearl Harbor survivor plates from HURF to the existing state home for veterans trust fund. In FY 1996-1997, MVD collected a total of $34,260 from the issuance of these three military plates (initial registrations - $21,565 and renewals - $12,695). As amended in Committee, MVD will be able to issue these military plates to a spouse or an immediate family member (by blood or adoption) of a veteran who has obtained one of the above military plates.

Provisions

1. Enables MVD to issue veteran plates and three other military plates to a spouse or an immediate family member of a veteran who has previously obtained the military specialty plate. Donation fees collected from immediate family members who obtain these military plates will be deposited into the state home for veterans trust fund.

2. Requires ADOT to transmit monies collected from the initial issuance of POW plates, purple heart plates and Pearl Harbor survivor plates to the state home for veterans trust fund.

3. Defines "immediate family member" to mean the spouse or a parent, child, brother or sister whether by adoption or blood.

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4. Makes technical and conforming changes.

5. Contains a Proposition 108 clause.

Amendments Adopted by Transportation Committee

1. Eliminates provisions that created a new veterans' programs fund and required donations collected on the initial registration of POW, purple heart and Pearl Harbor Survivors plates to be deposited into this new fund. Instead these monies will be transmitted to the existing state home for veterans trust fund.

2. Allows MVD to issue four military specialty plates to the spouse or immediate family members of a veteran who has previously obtained one of the four military plates.

3. Makes technical and clarifying changes.

Senate Action

APP 3/25/98 DP 11-0-3-0

TRA 4/9/98 DPA 8-0-1-0

Prepared by Senate Staff

April 13, 1998

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