HB 2707 Summary

• Establishes humanitarian services special plates that may be issued if a person pays $32,000 to the department by December 31, 2019 to implement the program.

• Sets the fee for humanitarian services plates at $25, with $8 allocated as a special plate administration fee to the state highway fund and $17 as an annual donation to a new humanitarian services special plate fund.

• Creates the humanitarian services special plate fund to receive donations and allocate monies annually to a qualified charitable organization founded in Arizona in 1917 with nearly 1.5 million worldwide members.

• Directs fund monies toward summer camp programs for special needs children and adults, vision and hearing services, memorial and visitor center operations, community service projects, and senior care facilities.

• Allows humanitarian services plates to be combined with personalized plates subject to additional personalized plate fees, and reimburses the initial $32,000 implementation cost from the first funds collected.