28-2404. Special organization license plates

A. Special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 remain valid license plates issued by this state unless the legislature enacts legislation specifically terminating those license plates.

B. The department shall issue special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 to initial applicants or applicants requesting a duplicate, replacement or new license plate.

C. The director shall allow a request for a special organization license plate authorized before September 30, 2009 to be combined with a request for personalized special plates if the organization makes the request and pays the department the monies necessary as determined by the department to cover the department's costs to implement the 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 the organization special license plate.

D. An organization that receives authorization for a special organization license plate before September 30, 2009 may redesign the special organization license plate if the new design is approved by the department and the organization pays thirty-two thousand dollars to the department to issue the redesigned special organization license plate.

E. 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.

F. 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 distribute all donations collected pursuant to this section as authorized in a written resolution of the entity that provides the thirty-two thousand dollars to the department pursuant to subsection D of this section. The entity must use the donations for the same purpose as originally approved.

G. The department shall issue special organization license plates authorized before September 30, 2009 to applicants who are otherwise qualified by law for the license plates and who are not members of the organization if the department receives a written resolution from the organization requesting issuance to nonmembers.