(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue a special license plate for the Arkansas Tennis Association in the manner and subject to the conditions provided for under this subchapter.
(b) The special association motor vehicle license plate shall be:
(1)
(A) Designed by the association.
(B) The design shall be submitted for design approval by the secretary under rules promulgated by the secretary; and
(2) Numbered consecutively.
(c) The secretary shall determine the costs for the issuance of the special license plate under this section as follows:
(1) The fee for the cost of initial orders of the new design, which shall be based on the cost of the initial order;
(2) The number of applications that must be received to cover the cost of the initial order of the new design; or
(3) The combination of subdivisions (c)(1) and (2) of this section that must be received to cover the cost of the initial order of the new design.
(d) The Department of Finance and Administration shall issue a special license plate under this section upon payment of:
(1) The fee required by law for registration of the motor vehicle;
(2)
(A) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution.
(B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly to the association to be used for association purposes; and
(3)
(A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
(B) The handling and administrative fee shall be:
(i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and
(ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division.
(C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.
(e)
(1) A special license plate issued under this section may be renewed annually or replaced under the procedures set out in § 27-24-1405.
(2) However, the division shall remit the fees collected under § 27-24-1405(b)(2) on a monthly basis to the association.