Arkansas Code
Subchapter 10 - Colleges, Universities, and Arkansas School for the Deaf
§ 27-24-1010. Arkansas School for the Deaf

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue a special license plate for the Arkansas School for the Deaf in the manner and subject to the conditions provided under this subchapter.
(b) The special Arkansas School for the Deaf motor vehicle license plate shall:
(1) Be designed by the Department of Finance and Administration in consultation with the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf;
(2) Contain the words “Arkansas School for the Deaf” and a picture showing the American Sign Language hand shape for “I Love You”; and
(3) Be numbered consecutively.

(c) The secretary shall determine the amount of the cost for the issuance of the special license plate under this section as follows:
(1) The fee for the cost of initial orders of the new design that shall be based on the cost of the initial order;
(2) The number of applications that must be received to cover the cost of the initial order of the new design; or
(3) The combination of subdivisions (c)(1) and (2) of this section that must be received to cover the cost of the initial order of the new design.

(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 Arkansas School for the Deaf Foundation to be used for foundation purposes; 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 § 27-24-1005.
(2) However, the division shall remit the fees collected under § 27-24-1005(b)(2) on a monthly basis to the Arkansas School for the Deaf Foundation.