Sec 28-2425. White Mountain Apache tribe special plates

A. The department shall issue White Mountain Apache tribe special plates. The color and design of the White Mountain Apache tribe special plates shall be different from the color and design of regular license plates determined by the department and shall be representative of the White Mountain Apache tribe. The director may allow a request for White Mountain Apache 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 White Mountain Apache tribe special plates.

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 White Mountain Apache tribe transportation committee. The White Mountain Apache tribe transportation committee 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 Fort Apache Indian reservation that are located in this state and that are not state highways.