Section 1 of this bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to design, prepare and issue special license plates that indicate support for the Divine Nine, which are the following historically Black collegiate fraternities and sororities: (1) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; (2) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; (3) Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; (4) Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.; (5) Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; (6) Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.; (7) Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; (8) Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; and (9) Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Section 1 requires the fees collected for the special license plates that are in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes to be deposited with the State Treasurer, who must, on a quarterly basis, distribute: (1) 10 percent of the fees to the United Negro College Fund; and (2) the remaining 90 percent of the fees equally among certain chapters or organizations associated with the Divine Nine for the promotion of community awareness and action through educational, economic and cultural service activities within this State. Section 1 authorizes a person who wishes to obtain the special license plates to request that the plates be combined with personalized prestige plates if the person pays the fees for the personalized prestige plates in addition to the fees for the special license plates. Under existing law, certain special license plates: (1) must be approved by the Department, based on a recommendation from the Commission on Special License Plates; (2) are subject to a limitation on the number of separate designs which the Department may issue at any one time; and (3) may not be designed, prepared or issued by the Department unless a certain number of applications for the plates are received. (NRS 482.367004, 482.367008, 482.36705) Sections 6-8 of this bill exempt the special license plates that indicate support for the Divine Nine from each of the preceding requirements. Sections 2-5 and 9-12 of this bill make conforming changes by indicating the placement of section 1 within the Nevada Revised Statutes and by adding section 1 to certain lists of special license plates.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 482.2065, 482.216, 482.2703, 482.274, 482.367004, 482.367008, 482.36705, 482.3824, 482.38276, 482.399, 482.500
Reprint 1: 482.2065, 482.216, 482.2703, 482.274, 482.367004, 482.367008, 482.36705, 482.3824, 482.38276, 482.399, 482.500
As Enrolled: 482.2065, 482.216, 482.2703, 482.274, 482.367004, 482.367008, 482.36705, 482.3824, 482.38276, 482.399, 482.500