Arizona Revised Statutes Title 49. The Environment § 49-551. Air quality fee; air quality fund; purpose

A. Every person who is required to register a motor vehicle in this state pursuant to § 28-2153 shall pay, in addition to the registration fee, an annual air quality fee at the time of vehicle registration of $1.50. Unless and until the United States environmental protection agency grants a waiver for diesel fuel pursuant to section 211(c)(4) of the clean air act, every person who is required to register a diesel powered motor vehicle in this state with a declared gross weight as defined in § 28-5431 of more than eight thousand five hundred pounds and every person who is subject to an apportioned fee for diesel powered motor vehicles collected pursuant to title 28, chapter 7, articles 7 and 8  1 shall pay an additional apportioned diesel fee of $10.

B. The registering officer shall collect the fees and immediately deposit, pursuant to §§ 35-146 and 35-147, the air quality fees in the air quality fund established pursuant to subsection C of this section and shall deposit the diesel fees in the voluntary vehicle repair and retrofit program fund established pursuant to § 49-558.02.

C. An air quality fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to this section, gifts, grants and donations, and monies appropriated by the legislature. The department of environmental quality shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of § 35-190 relating to the lapsing of appropriations. Interest earned on monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the air quality fund shall be used, subject to legislative appropriation, for:

D. The department shall transfer $400,000 from the air quality fund to the department of administration for the purposes prescribed by § 49-588 in eight installments in each of the first eight months of a fiscal year.

E. This section does not apply to an electrically powered golf cart or an electrically powered vehicle.