Sec 28-2418. Navajo nation special plates

A. The department shall issue Navajo nation special plates. The color and design of the Navajo nation special plates shall be different from the color and design of regular license plates determined by the department and shall be representative of the Navajo nation.

B. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28-2402 for the original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars 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 Navajo nation department of highway safety. The Navajo nation department of highway safety shall use these monies only for traffic control devices that conform to the manual and specifications prescribed in section 28-641 on highways on the Navajo reservation that are located in this state and that are not state highways.