Section 28-2439 - Don't tread on me special platesA. If an entity receives thirty-two thousand dollars through donations for the issuance of don't tread on me special plates and gives the department the thirty-two thousand dollars, the department shall issue don't tread on me special plates. The entity that provides the thirty-two thousand dollars shall design the don't tread on me special plates, except that the background of the don't tread on me special plates shall be in the image and color of the Gadsden flag. The design of the don't tread on me special plates is subject to the approval of the department. The director may allow a request for don't tread on me special plates to be combined with a request for personalized special plates. If the director allows such a combination, the request shall be in a form prescribed by the director and is subject to the fees for the personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for don't tread on me special plates.B. Of the twenty-five dollar fee required by section 28-2402 for the 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 don't tread on me special plates fund established by section 28-2439.02.