HB 2111
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☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2111: suicide prevention special plate
Sponsor: Representative Biasiucci, LD 30
Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview
Establishes the 988 Suicide Awareness Special Plate and Fund (Fund).
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
(A.R.S. § 28- 2351). Statute requires ADOT to issue or renew special plates according to
specified requirements (A.R.S. § 28-2403). 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 (A.R.S. §§ 28-2402; 28-
2404). Special plates require a standard $32,000 implementation fee.
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. Establishes the 988 Suicide Awareness Special Plate and Fund if a person pays $32,000
to ADOT by December 31, 2025. (Sec. 3, 7)
2. Requires the person who provides the $32,000 to design the 988 Suicide Awareness
Special Plate. (Sec. 3)
3. States that the design and color of the 988 Suicide Awareness Special Plate is subject to
the approval of ADOT. (Sec. 3)
4. Allows the Director of ADOT (Director) to combine requests for 988 Suicide Awareness
Special Plate with requests for personalized special plates and subjects the request to
additional fees. (Sec. 3)
5. Stipulates that of the $25 fee for the 988 Suicide Awareness Special Plate, $8 is an
administration fee and $17 is an annual donation. (Sec. 3)
6. Requires ADOT to deposit all 988 Suicide Awareness Special Plate administration fees
into the State Highway Fund and all donations into the Fund. (Sec. 3)
7. Directs the first $32,000 in the Fund to be reimbursed to the person who paid the
implementation fee. (Sec. 7)
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8. Tasks the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADOHS) with
administering the Fund. (Sec. 7)
9. Asserts that no more than 10% of monies in the Fund may be used for the cost of
administering the Fund. (Sec. 7)
10. Stipulates that monies in the Fund are continuously appropriated. (Sec. 7)
11. Allows the State Treasurer, on notice from the Director of ADOHS, to invest and divest
Fund monies and states that monies earned from investment must be credited to the
Fund. (Sec. 7)
12. Requires the Director of ADOHS to annually allocate monies from the Fund to support
an entity in this state that:
a) supports the continued operation of the National 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; and
b) answers calls in this state from the National 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. (Sec. 7)
13. Makes conforming changes. (Sec 1-2, 4-6)