HB 46 — Volunteer rescue squads, vehicles, permanent registration, one-time fee, Dept. of Revenue to administer

HB46 INTRODUCEDENROLLED HB46 IBACZZ6-1IBACZZ6-2 By Representative Moore (P) RFD:

12-Jan-24 Page 0 IBACZZ6-1HB46 11/20/2023Enrolled PAGEnrolled, (F)PAGAn 2023-3073Act, 2To 4amend SYNOPSIS:Sections 32-11-2 and 40-12-250, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for permanent vehicle registration of volunteer rescue squad vehicles;

Under existing law, certain vehicles and trailers owned by volunteer rescue squads are exempt from license, registration fees, and ad valorem taxes.

Also, under current law, the Department of Revenue may issue permanent license plates for certain vehicles owned by volunteer fire departments.

This bill would allow the Department of Revenue to issue permanent license plates for certain vehicles owned by volunteer rescue squads.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Sections 32-11-2 and 40-12-250, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for permanent vehicle registration of volunteer rescue squad vehicles;

Page 1 HB46 INTRODUCED BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Any agency which obtains or Page 1 HB46 Enrolled possesses a vehicle through a lease-purchase or an installment-sales agreement with an option to buy shall be considered as owning the vehicle for purposes of this section.

The purchasing agent or other officer of the state, county, or municipality, shall apply to the Department of Revenue giving the make, type, model, and vehicle identification number of Page 2 HB46 INTRODUCED the vehicle or vehicles owned and used by the state, county, or municipality, together with any other information the department may require, which shall be furnished under oath by the applying officer.

(b) Any person who operates a motor vehicle owned or used by the state or any county or municipality thereof with an improper license plate or without a license plate thereon Page 2 HB46 Enrolled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.

(c) The department may issue permanent license plates for vehicles owned by the United States or any agency thereof which have been loaned to the state or a county or municipality of this state, or to a public agency, including, Page 3 HB46 INTRODUCED but not limited to, a volunteer fire department or volunteer rescue squad, if the state, county, municipality, or public agency desires to obtain license plates to operate the vehicle on the streets and highways of this state.

The license plates may be issued by the department upon application by the state, county, 95 municipality, public corporation, or agency receiving and using the vehicles.

Vehicles Page 3 HB46 Enrolled displaying these license plates shall be used in accordance with the stipulations provided by law for such vehicles.

Page 4 HB46 INTRODUCED The department shall promulgateadopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement this subsection.

(e) Registration fees for all license plates provided for in this section shall be determined by the department and 95 may not exceed the fees for standard passenger plates as provided for in Sections 40-12-242 and 40-12-273.

The plate may be Page 4 HB46 Enrolled transferred to another vehicle purchased or otherwise acquired by the governmental entity, volunteer rescue squad, or volunteer fire department pursuant to Section 40-12-260 and upon payment of the fee provided for therein.

(h) All fees associated with governmental, volunteer rescue squad, and volunteer fire department license plates Page 5 HB46 INTRODUCED shall be retained by the Department of Revenue to cover the costs to administer this section." Section 3.

Page 65 HB46 Enrolled ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 22-Feb-24.

John Treadwell Clerk Senate 30-Apr-24 Passed Page 6