28-2431. Gold star family special plates

A. The department shall issue gold star family special plates to a person who submits satisfactory proof to the department that the person is an immediate family member of a person who died while on active duty in the United States military if a charitable organization affiliated with an Arizona professional basketball club donates thirty-two thousand dollars to the veterans' donations fund established by section 41-608 for the purpose of paying the implementation costs of the gold star family special plates. The costs of implementing the gold star family special plates shall be paid by the monies in the veterans' donations fund established by section 41-608 that were donated by the Arizona professional basketball club. The department in cooperation with an organization formed for the support of mothers who have had children die while on active duty in the United States military shall design the gold star family special plate. The director may allow a request for gold star family 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 gold star family special plates.

B. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28-2402 for the original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars 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 veterans' donations fund established by section 41-608.