§ 28-2421 — Character education special plates

A. The department of transportation shall issue character education special plates. The department of education shall accept and use monies donated by sources outside the department of education for the payment to the department of transportation. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee shall design the character education special plates. The design and color of the character education special plates are subject to the approval of the department of transportation.

B. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28-2402 for original special plates and for renewal of special plates, eight dollars is a special plate administration fee and seventeen dollars is an annual donation.

C. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all special plate administration fees in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991 and all donations collected pursuant to this section in the character education special plate fund established by section 15-719 for disbursement by the department of education pursuant to section 15-719.