Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 27-20-120 - Veterans of Foreign Wars motorcycle license plates - Definitions(a) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible applicant" means a person who establishes by membership card or Life Member card upon initial application that he or she is a member of the: (A) Veterans of Foreign Wars;(B) Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars;(C) Men's Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars;(D) Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars;(E) Junior Girls of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars; or(F) Sons of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and(2) "Special motorcycle license plate" means a special license plate issued under this section for a motorcycle as defined under § 27-20-101.(b) The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to issue a special motorcycle license plate to an eligible applicant.(c) The Department of Finance and Administration shall design the special license plate issued under this section in consultation with the Department of Arkansas, Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States.(d)(1) An applicant who qualifies for a special motorcycle license plate under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section:(A) Shall pay:(i) A fundraising fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for the issuance and renewal of his or her first special motorcycle license plate; and(ii) An annual fee not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) that the Department of Finance and Administration may charge for the issuance and renewal of the first special license plate; and(B) May obtain and renew additional special motorcycle license plates upon payment of a fundraising fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) and the fee for licensing a motorcycle under § 27-14-601.(2) An applicant who qualifies for a special motorcycle license plate under subdivisions (a)(1)(B)-(F) of this section shall, for the issuance and renewal of any license plate issued under this subsection, pay:(A) A fundraising fee of ten dollars ($10.00); and(B) The fee for licensing a motorcycle as provided in § 27-14-601.(3) The fundraising fee of ten dollars ($10.00) paid by any applicant on issuance or renewal of a special motorcycle license plate under this section shall be remitted monthly to the Nick Bacon VFW Special Veterans Scholarship Fund.(e) The registration of a special motorcycle license plate under this section may continue from year to year if it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law.Amended by Act 2015, No. 698,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.Added by Act 2013, No. 991,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2014.