HB 2271 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue religious educational institution special plates if $32,000 implementation fee is paid by December 31, 2024, with design subject to department approval.

• Establishes a religious educational institution special plate fund consisting of $8 in special plate administration fees and $17 in annual donations per plate, with the first $32,000 reimbursed to the entity that paid the implementation fee.

• Directs the fund to allocate monies to a 501(c)(3) organization with financial oversight of an institution of higher learning's alumni chapters in Arizona, limited to alumni programs, scholarships, and replenishment grants for Arizona resident students.

• Restricts the eligible institution to one with campuses in Provo, Utah; Laie, Hawaii; and Rexburg, Idaho.

• Allows personalized special plates to be combined with religious educational institution plates subject to additional personalized plate fees.