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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1624
youth charity specialty plates
Purpose
Establishes a youth charity special plate and the Youth Charity Special Plate Fund (Fund).
Background
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Motor Vehicle Division provides one
license plate to every motor vehicle owner for each vehicle registered (A.R.S. § 28-2351). ADOT
must issue or renew special plates in lieu of regular license plates under specified conditions and
procedures (A.R.S. § 28-2403). The fee for obtaining or renewing a special plate is $25 (A.R.S.
§ 28-2402). Of the $25 fee, $8 is an administration fee that ADOT deposits in the State Highway
Fund (SHF) and $17 is a donation.
All license plates, including special plates, that are designed or redesigned on or after
September 24, 2022, must have: 1) the state name, Arizona, in capital letters in sans serif font and
three-fourths of an inch in height; and 2) a background color that contrasts significantly with the
color of the letters, numbers and state name (A.R.S. § 28-2351).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires ADOT to issue a youth charity special plate if, by December 31, 2025, a person pays
the $32,000 implementation fee.
2. Requires the person that pays the $32,000 implementation fee to design the youth charity
special plate.
3. Subjects the design and color of the youth charity special plate to the approval of ADOT.
4. Allows the Director of ADOT (Director) to combine a request for a youth charity special plate
with a request for a personalized special plate.
5. Specifies that a combined request must be submitted in a form prescribed by the Director and
is subject to the fees for both the youth charity special plate and the personalized special plate.
6. Specifies that, of the $25 fee required to obtain or renew a youth charity special plate, $8 is an
administration fee and $17 is an annual donation.
7. Establishes the Fund which is to be administered by the Director. FACT SHEET
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8. Requires ADOT to deposit all special plate administration fees in the SHF and transmit the
youth charity special plate donations to the Fund.
9. Requires the first $32,000 in the Fund to be reimbursed to the entity that paid the
implementation fee.
10. Requires the Director to annually allocate Fund monies to an entity that is a 501(c)(3)
organization that must:
a) be headquartered in Arizona;
b) have a mission to improve the lives of youth in Arizona by them overcome adversity and
reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens; and
c) provide grants to programs and nonprofit organizations.
11. Caps, at 10 percent, the annual amount of Fund monies that may be used to administer the
Fund.
12. Requires the State Treasurer, on notice from the Director, to invest and divest Fund monies
and credit monies earned to the Fund.
13. Specifies that the Fund monies are continuously appropriated.
14. Makes technical and conforming changes.
15. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 17, 2025
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