HB 251 — Relating to motor vehicle registrations; to amend Sections 32-6-350 and 32-6-350.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate for veterans of Operation Inherent Resolve

HB251 INTRODUCEDENROLLED 2YYAIS-12YYAIS-2 By Representative Starnes RFD:

04-Apr-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 2YYAIS-1HB251 04/03/2023Enrolled MAPEnrolled, (L)maAn 2023-1222Act, 23 4Relating SYNOPSIS:to motor vehicle registrations;

Under existing law, Alabama authorizes the issuance of distinctive motor vehicle license plates.

This bill would authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate for veterans of Operation Inherent Resolve.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle registrations;

(b) The owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who is an eligible veteran pursuant to subsection (c) may be issued a distinctive license tag Page 1 HB251 INTRODUCED pursuant to this division.

For each renewal year, an Page 1 HB251 Enrolled additional fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid for the Vietnam's veterans tag.

The distinctive tags shall be issued, printed, and processed Page 2 HB251 INTRODUCED in the same manner as other distinctive tags as provided in this chapter.

An applicant for a Vietnam veteran tag shall be a Page 2 HB251 Enrolled Vietnam era veteran, and the local veteran's affairs officer in the county in which application is made for the distinctive tag shall certify all Vietnam veterans eligible for a Vietnam veteran distinctive tag.

(e) The distinctive license tags shall not be transferable between motor vehicle owners and shall be subject to the same provisions of law related to the transferring of distinctive motor vehicle tags provided in Section 32-6-154 or as otherwise provided by law or rule of the Department of Revenue." "§32-6-350.1 (a) Upon payment of an annual fee of fifty dollars Page 3 HB251 INTRODUCED ($50), which shall not be prorated, any Vietnam veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor veteran, World War II veteran, Korean War veteran, Battle of the Bulge veteran, Desert Shield/Desert Storm veteran, veteran of the Armed Forces exposed to dangerous levels of radiation due to the atomic bomb and weapons testing from 1944 to 1962, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan veteran, or veteran of the Cold War serving at any time between September 2, 1945, and December 26, 1991, or veteran of Operation Inherent Resolve eligible to be issued distinctive license 95 tags pursuant to law, shall be issued personalized license tags upon which, in lieu of the numbers and symbols on the Page 3 HB251 Enrolled distinctive veteran license tags or plates, shall be inscribed with special letters, figures, numbers, or other marks, emblems, symbols, or badges of distinction or personal prestige, or a combination of these, as are approved for and assigned to the application by the Department of Revenue.

(c) Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be 95 transmitted timely to the state Comptroller.

After payment to the Department of Corrections for its costs for manufacturing and the administration of the personalized veteran license plates provided for by subsection (a), with the exception of fees collected for Vietnam veteran personalized plates, the entire balance of fees shall be transferred by the state Page 4 HB251 INTRODUCED Comptroller into the Alabama Veteran's Assistance Fund in the State Treasury.

(d) Fees paid pursuant to this section are a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the Alabama Veteran's Page 4 HB251 Enrolled Assistance Fund.

Page 5 HB251 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 25-May-23.

John Treadwell Clerk Senate 06-Jun-23 Passed Page 6