| 3 | 2 | | *ZRC042* 03/03/2025 3:27:51 PM ZRC042 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1654 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representatives Tosh, McGruder 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator D. Wallace 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE ACT OF 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | 2005; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF A 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID SOUTH; TO ADDRESS 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | THE INVENTORY OF THE MID -SOUTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | EDUCATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE; AND FOR OTHER 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | PURPOSES. 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | Subtitle 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | LICENSE PLATE FOR THE MAKE -A-WISH 20 |
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| 24 | 23 | | FOUNDATION OF THE MID SOUTH; AND TO 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | ADDRESS THE INVENTORY OF THE MID -SOUTH 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION SPECIAL 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | LICENSE PLATE. 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 27, Chapter 24, Subchapter 14, is 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | 27-24-1433. Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South. 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | shall create and issue a Make -A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South special 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | license plate in the manner and subject to the conditions provided for under 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | this subchapter. 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (b) The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South special license plate 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | shall be: 36 HB1654 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (1) Designed by the Department of Finance and Administration in 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | consultation with Make -A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South; and 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (2) Numbered consecutively. 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (c) The procedures concerning costs for issuance under § 27 -24-4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | 1404(c)(1)(A) shall apply. 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (d) The department shall issue a special license plate under this 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | section to a motor vehicle owner upon payment of: 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | (1) The fee required by law for registration of the motor 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | vehicle; 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | (2)(A) Thirty dollars ($30.00) to cover the design -use 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | contribution. 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | (B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | to Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South to be used exclusively to promote 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | and support Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South; and 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | (3)(A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | ($10.00). 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | (B) The handling and administrative fee of ten dollars 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | ($10.00) shall be: 18 |
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| 60 | 59 | | (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund 19 |
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| 61 | 60 | | for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and 20 |
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| 62 | 61 | | Administration; and 21 |
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| 63 | 62 | | (ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in 22 |
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| 64 | 63 | | addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the 23 |
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| 65 | 64 | | division. 24 |
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| 66 | 65 | | (C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be 25 |
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| 67 | 66 | | considered or credited to the division as direct revenue. 26 |
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| 68 | 67 | | (e)(1) A special license plate issued under this section may be 27 |
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| 69 | 68 | | renewed annually or replaced under the procedures set out in § 27 -24-1405. 28 |
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| 70 | 69 | | (2) The division shall remit the fees collected under § 27 -24-29 |
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| 71 | 70 | | 1405(b)(2) for the renewal of a special license plate issued under this 30 |
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| 72 | 71 | | section on a monthly basis to Make -A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South. 31 |
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| 74 | 73 | | SECTION 2. DO NOT CODIFY. Mid-South Community College education 33 |
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| 75 | 74 | | special license plate. 34 |
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| 76 | 75 | | (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall not print, 35 |
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| 77 | 76 | | produce, or acquire additional Mid -South Community College education special 36 HB1654 |
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| 80 | 79 | | license plates. 1 |
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| 81 | 80 | | (b) The Mid-South Community College education special license plate: 2 |
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| 82 | 81 | | (1) Shall continue to be available for issuance and renewal 3 |
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| 83 | 82 | | under § 27-24-1005 until the existing supply of Mid -South Community College 4 |
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| 84 | 83 | | education special license plates is exhausted; and 5 |
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| 85 | 84 | | (2) Is deemed to have been repealed for purposes of § 27 -24-6 |
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| 86 | 85 | | 111(b)(1)(A). 7 |
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