(a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall create and issue a special license plate for certified law enforcement officers under this section.
(b) The Department of Finance and Administration shall seek the advice of the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training regarding the design of the special license plate under this section.
(c) (1) A certified law enforcement officer may apply for and renew annually a special license plate issued under this section.
(2) The fee for the initial application for a special license plate under this section is:
(A) The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle;
(B) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00); and
(C) An additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be remitted monthly in the following manner:
(i) Seventy-five percent (75%) shall be remitted to the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy cash fund; and
(ii) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers' Beneficiary Fund.
(3) The fee for the renewal of a special license plate under this section is the fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle and an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be remitted monthly in the following manner:
(i) Seventy-five percent (75%) shall be remitted to the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy cash fund; and
(ii) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the Fallen Law Enforcement Officers' Beneficiary Fund.
(4) The replacement fee for a special license plate issued under this section is ten dollars ($10.00).
(d) (1) Upon the initial application for a special license plate issued under this section, the law enforcement officer shall provide adequate proof to the Department of Finance and Administration that he or she is:
(A) A certified law enforcement officer as defined in § 27-24-1302;
(B) Retired from active service as a certified law enforcement officer as defined in § 27-24-1302;
(C) A prosecuting attorney under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 20;
(D) A deputy prosecuting attorney under § 16-21-113;
(E) An officer of the Department of Correction; or
(F) An officer of the Department of Community Correction.
(2) This subsection shall not require a person who has been issued a license plate under this section to present adequate proof of his or her status as a certified law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer to the Department of Finance and Administration for the renewal of his or her license and registration.
(e) (1) The fee remitted under subdivision (c)(2)(B) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund as direct revenue to 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.
(f) (1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall offer a banner or tape to be attached to the special license plates issued under this section that states "Retired".
(2) The "Retired" banner or tape shall be made available to a license plate holder who establishes that he or she is a law enforcement officer retired from active service as provided under this section.
(3) This subsection does not require a person who has been issued a "Retired" banner or tape under this section to present adequate proof of his or her status as a retired law enforcement officer for the renewal of his or her license and registration.
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