special plate; centennial; fleet discount

Plain English Breakdown

The official text specifies 'general effective date' without providing a calendar date in this document; readers must check state records for the specific start date.

Lowering Fees for Arizona Centennial Special Plates on Fleet Vehicles

This law lowers the registration and renewal fee for Arizona Centennial special plates from $25 to $20 when issued to commercial vehicles in a registered fleet.

What This Bill Does

• Lowers the annual fee for Arizona Centennial special plates on eligible fleet vehicles from $25 to $20.
• Sets aside $8 of the new $20 fee as an administration charge and $12 as an annual donation.
• Requires that all donations go into the Arizona Centennial Special Plate Fund.
• Directs funds in the special plate fund to pay for maintenance and operations at a University of Arizona museum.

Who It Names or Affects

• Owners of commercial vehicles registered in a fleet under state law.
• The Arizona Department of Transportation, which issues plates and manages fees.
• The University of Arizona, which receives funds to support its Mining, Mineral and Natural Resources Educational Museum.

Terms To Know

Fleet

Two or more vehicles owned by one person that are registered in Arizona together so they expire at the same time.

Arizona Centennial Special Plate Fund

A specific account where donation money from these license plates is kept to support a museum.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to commercial vehicles in a registered fleet; individual vehicle owners still pay the standard $25 fee.
• The text does not state an exact date when this change takes effect, noting it becomes effective on the general effective date.

Official Summary Text

HB2057 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2057

special
plate; centennial; fleet discount

Purpose

Lowers the registration and renewal fee for the Arizona Centennial
Special Plate for vehicles registered in a registered fleet.

Background

Laws 2011,
Chapter 323
established the Arizona Centennial Special Plate and the
Arizona Centennial Special Plate Fund (Fund). The $25 registration or renewal
fee is allocated as a $17 deposit into the Fund and an $8 administration fee.
The Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation (Director) must
annually allocate Fund monies to the University of Arizona to pay for the
maintenance and operations of the Mining, Mineral and Natural Resources Educational
Museum (
A.R.S.
� 28-2448
).

Fleet
is defined as two or more vehicles owned by a person and
registered in Arizona (
A.R.S.
� 28-2201
). A person, in lieu of the staggered vehicle registration, may
register a fleet on an annual basis so that the registration for all vehicles
in the fleet expires in the same month. The Director must approve the request
for fleet registration if the applicant, at least 30 days prior to the
registration date, provides an application with the prescribed required
information to qualify as a fleet registrant and provides a list of all the
vehicles to be included in the fleet (
A.R.S.
� 28-2202
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

Lowers
the registration and renewal fee for the Arizona Centennial Special Plate from
$25 to $20 for vehicles in a registered fleet.

2.

Specifies
of the $20 registration and renewal fee $8 is a special plate administration
fee and $12 is an annual donation.

3.

Makes
technical and conforming changes.

4.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

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Current Bill Text

Chapter 0020 - 572R - H Ver of HB2057

House Engrossed

special plate;
centennial; fleet discount

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 20

HOUSE BILL 2057

AN
ACT

Amending section 28-2448, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to arizona centennial special plates.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section
1.
1. Section
28-2448, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-2448.

Arizona centennial special plates; fund

A. The department shall issue Arizona centennial
special plates. The department shall use
thirty-two
thousand dollars

$32,000
from the state highway
fund, established by section 28-6991, to implement this
section. The office of tourism shall design the Arizona centennial
special plates. The design and color of the Arizona centennial
special plates are subject to the approval of the department. The director
of the department of transportation may allow a request for Arizona centennial
special plates to be combined with a request for personalized special
plates. If the director of the department of transportation allows
such a combination, the request shall be in a form prescribed by the director
of the department of transportation and is subject to the fees for the
personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for the Arizona
centennial special plates.

B. Of the
twenty-five dollar

$25
fee required by section 28-2402 for the
original special plates and for renewal of special plates,
eight
dollars

$8
is a special plate administration fee
and
seventeen dollars

$17
is an
annual donation.

C. Notwithstanding section 28-2402,
the fee for Arizona centennial special plates and for renewal of Arizona
centennial special plates is $20 if the Arizona centennial special plates are
issued to a
commercial vehicle in a fleet as defined in
section 28-2201 and registered pursuant to article 6 of this chapter. Of the
$20 fee required by this subsection, $8 is a special plate administration fee
and $12 is an annual donation.

C.

D.
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 Arizona centennial special plate fund established by this section.

D.

E.
The
Arizona centennial special plate fund is established consisting of monies
deposited pursuant to this section. The director shall administer
the fund. The first
thirty-two thousand dollars

$32,000
in the fund shall be reimbursed to the state
highway fund established by section 28-6991. Not more than ten
percent of monies deposited in the fund annually shall be used for the cost of
administering the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated.

E.

F.
The
director shall annually allocate monies in the fund to the university of
Arizona to pay costs related to the maintenance and operations of the mining,
mineral and natural resources educational museum.

F.

G.
On
notice from the director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in
the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment
shall be credited to the fund.
END_STATUTE

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 7, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 7, 2026.