Bill Text: AZ SB1206 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: License plate design and color
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-25 - Chapter 75 [SB1206 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2022-SB1206-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed Senate Bill
license plate design and color |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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CHAPTER 75
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SENATE BILL 1206 |
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An Act
amending section 28-2351, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to license plates.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-2351, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2351. License plate provided; design
A. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall provide to every owner one license plate for each vehicle registered. At the request of the owner and on payment of a fee in an amount prescribed by the director by rule, the department shall provide one additional license plate for a vehicle for which a special plate is requested pursuant to this chapter.
B. The license plate shall display the number assigned to the vehicle and to the owner of the vehicle and the name of this state, which may be abbreviated. The director shall coat the license plate with a reflective material that is consistent with the determination of the department regarding the color and design of license plates and special plates. The background color of the license plate shall contrast significantly with the color of the letters and numerals on the license plate and with the name of this state on the license plate. The name of this state shall appear on the license plate in capital letters in sans serif font and be three-fourths of an inch in height. The director shall design the license plate and the letters and numerals on the license plate to be of sufficient size to be plainly readable during daylight from a distance of one hundred feet. In addition to the standard license plate issued for a trailer before August 12, 2005, the director shall issue a license plate for trailers that has a design that is similar to the standard size license plate for trailers but that is the same size as the license plate for motorcycles. The trailer owner shall notify the department which size license plate the owner wants for the trailer.
C. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall not contract with a nongovernmental entity to purchase or secure reflective material for the plates issued by the department unless the department has made a reasonable effort to secure qualified bids or proposals from as many individual responsible respondents as possible.
D. The department shall determine the color and design of the license plate subject to the requirements prescribed by subsection B of this section. All other plates issued by the department, except the plates that are designed or redesigned before the effective date of this amendment to this section and that are issued pursuant to sections 28-2404, 28-2412, 28-2413, 28-2414, 28-2416, 28-2416.01, 28-2417 through 28-2470.09, 28-2472, 28-2473, 28-2474, 28-2475, 28-2476 and 28-4533 and article 14 of this chapter, shall be the same color as and similar in design to the license plate as determined by the department.
E. A passenger motor vehicle that is rented without a driver shall receive the same type of license plate as is issued for a private passenger motor vehicle.
Sec. 2. Applicability
Section 28-2351, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, does not apply to a new license plate or a license plate redesign that is designed by the department of transportation before the effective date of this act.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 25, 2022.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 25, 2022.
