(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue a special motor vehicle license plate for support of hospice and palliative care subject to the conditions provided for under this subchapter.
(b) The special hospice and palliative care motor vehicle license plate shall be:
(1)
(A) Designed by the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Arkansas.
(B) The design shall be submitted for design approval by the secretary under rules promulgated by the secretary; and
(2)
(A) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this section, numbered consecutively.
(B) The Department of Finance and Administration may issue a special personalized prestige license plate for support of hospice and palliative care to a person making a request.
(c) The procedures concerning costs for issuance under § 27-24- 1404(c)(1)(A) shall apply to the issuance of a special license plate under this section.
(d) The department 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 Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Arkansas; 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 as set forth in subdivision (d)(2)(B) of this section.