39-04-10.15. Patriotic number plates

39-04-10.15. Patriotic number plates 1. The director shall issue patriotic plates under this section upon receiving: a. Payment of all other fees required under this chapter for registration of a motor vehicle; b. Payment of an initial fee of twenty-five dollars of which twenty dollars is deposited in the highway tax distribution fund and five dollars is deposited in the veterans' postwar trust fund; and c. Payment of an annual surcharge of twenty-five dollars of which ten dollars is deposited in the highway tax distribution fund and fifteen dollars is deposited in the veterans' postwar trust fund. 2. The department shall collect the initial fees and the annual surcharges under this section. Deposits in the veterans' postwar trust fund under this section must be added to the principal of the fund. Investment of the fund is the responsibility of the state treasurer who shall have full authority to invest the fund only in the same manner as the state investment board is authorized to make investments. 3. Patriotic plates must include a flag of the United States decal plate, bald eagle decal plate, or boonie stomper decal plate.