(a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall create and issue a special license plate for emergency medical technicians.
(b) The Department of Finance and Administration shall design the special license plates issued under this section.
(c) Any one (1) of the following may apply for and annually renew a special license plate issued under this section if he or she is currently certified in the State of Arkansas as:
(1) An emergency medical technician;
(2) An emergency medical technician paramedic;
(3) An emergency medical technician intermediate; or
(4) A first responder with the documented completion of forty (40) hours of curriculum approved by the Department of Transportation.
(d) An applicant shall remit the following fees to obtain a special license plate issued under this section for use on a motor vehicle:
(1) The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle;
(2) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00); and
(3) An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be collected by the Department of Finance and Administration and remitted monthly to the Arkansas EMT Association Benevolence and Scholarship Funds.
(e) (1) The fee for the renewal of a special license plate under this section is the fee required under subsection (d) of this section.
(2) The replacement fee for a special license plate issued under this section is ten dollars ($10.00).
(f) Upon the initial application of a special license plate issued under this section, the emergency medical technician shall provide adequate proof to the Department of Finance and Administration that he or she is certified in the State of Arkansas as one (1) of the following:
(1) An emergency medical technician;
(2) An emergency medical technician paramedic;
(3) An emergency medical technician intermediate; or
(4) A first responder with the documented completion of forty (40) hours of curriculum approved by the Department of Transportation.
(g) (1) The fee remitted under subdivision (d)(2)(B) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2) The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division.
(3) The fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.
(h) The registration of a special license plate under this section may:
(1) Continue from year to year as long as it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law; and
(2) Be renewed as provided under ยงยง 27-14-1012 and 27-14-1013.
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