Hopi Tribe; special plates; extension

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on what happens if the $32,000 fee is not paid by December 31, 2026.

Hopi Tribe Special Plates Extension

The bill extends the deadline for paying a $32,000 fee to create special license plates for the Hopi Tribe until December 31, 2026.

What This Bill Does

• Extends until December 31, 2026, the date by which someone must pay $32,000 to get special plates for the Hopi Tribe.
• Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to issue these special plates if the fee is paid on time.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to get special license plates for the Hopi Tribe
• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

Terms To Know

Special Plates

License plates that are different from regular ones and often have a specific design or purpose.

Implementation Fee

A fee paid to start or continue a special program, in this case for creating Hopi Tribe special plates.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the $32,000 fee is not paid by December 31, 2026.
• It's unclear how many people will pay the fee to get these special plates.

Official Summary Text

SB1487 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1487

Hopi
Tribe; special plates; extension

Purpose

Extends the date
a person must pay the $32,000 implementation fee for the creation of the Hopi
Tribe special plate.

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 and $17 is a donation.

Laws 2025, Chapter
123
established the Hopi Tribe special plate and required ADOT to issue the
special plate if a person paid the $32,000 implementation fee by December 31,
2025.

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

Provisions

1.

Extends the date a person must pay the $32,000 implementation fee for
the creation of the Hopi Tribe special plate from December 31, 2025, to
December 31, 2026.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date, retroactive to December
31, 2025.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 4, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1487 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

Hopi Tribe; special
plates; extension

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1487

AN
ACT

AMENDING section 28-2470.32, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to special plates.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 28-2470.32, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-2470.32.

Hopi Tribe special plates; fund

A. If, by December 31,
2025

2026
, a person pays $32,000 to the department for the
implementation of this section, the department shall issue Hopi Tribe special
plates. The person that provides the $32,000 shall design the Hopi
Tribe special plates. The design and color of the Hopi Tribe special
plates are subject to approval of the department. The director may
allow a request for Hopi Tribe 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 the Hopi Tribe special plates.

B. Of the $25 fee required by section 28-2402
for the original special plates and for the renewal of special plates, $8 is a
special plate administration fee and $17 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 shall
transmit all donations collected pursuant to this section to the Hopi tribal
department of public safety and emergency services. The Hopi Tribe
shall use these monies for road maintenance services and for traffic control
devices that conform to the manual and specifications prescribed in section 28-641
on highways on the Hopi tribal reservation that are located in this state and
that are not state highways.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Retroactivity

This act applies retroactively to from
and after December 30, 2025.