SB 214 — Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-65, Code of Alabama 1975; to define "centralized motor vehicle registration"; to allow for certain data collection; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

SB214 INTRODUCEDENGROSSED EZTYCC-1EZTYCC-2 By Senator Weaver RFD:

18-Apr-23 Page2023 0Regular EZTYCC-1Session 04/14/2023Page THR0 (L)THRSB214 2023-1477Engrossed 2 4 SYNOPSIS:A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 9 Relating to motor vehicles;

Thisto billamend wouldSection confirm32-6-65, thatCode centralizedof motorAlabama vehicle1975; registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislature's intent that motor vehicle registration shall remain at the county level with no centralized motor vehicle registration system provided by any state agency, and would provide for retroactive effect.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to updatedefine the"centralized existingmotor codevehicle languageregistration"; to current style.

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and to amendmake Sectionnonsubstantive, 32-6-65,technical Coderevisions of Alabama 1975, to confirmupdate that centralized motor vehicle registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislature'sexisting intentcode thatlanguage motorto vehiclecurrent registrationstyle. shall remain at the county level with no centralized motor vehicle registration system provided by any state agency;

to provide for retroactive effect;

and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current Page 1 SB214 INTRODUCED style.

"§32-6-65 (a)(a)(1) There shall be one uniform motor vehicle registration renewal form to be used statewide.

This subsection shall not give the Department of Revenue authority to centralize motor vehicle Page 1 SB214 Engrossed registration.

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It(2) isFor the legislativepurposes intentof this section, the term "centralized motor vehicle registration" means the use of a software application product or system controlled by a state agency or its designee that automotiveprocesses the issuance of motor vehicle registration shallcertificates remainor atmotor thevehicle countyregistration level.plates.

The term shall not include a statewide system to process registration data collected from the county or local level.

(3) The selection of a motor vehicle registration software application product or system shall be at the sole discretion of the local official charged with the authority to register motor vehicles, subject to any necessary local government approval.

(4) This subsection shall not apply to nor override the authority granted under Sections 32-6-56 or 32-6-710, Article 3 of Chapter 17 of Title 40, or Division 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 40.

Failure to register the motor Page 2 SB214 INTRODUCED vehicle within 20 calendar days of the date of purchase or Page 2 SB214 Engrossed acquisition;.

Failure to renew the motor vehicle registration in the designated renewal month;.

Page 3 SB214 INTRODUCED (c) All penalties assessed by this section shall be Page 3 SB214 Engrossed distributed in the same manner as motor vehicle licenses and registration fees are distributed as provided in Sections 40-12-269 and 40-12-270.

This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law,law. and shall apply retroactively to October 1, 2022.

Page 4 SB214 Engrossed 94 Senate Read for the first time and referred ................18-Apr-23 to the Senate committee on County and Municipal Government Read for the second time and placed ................23-May-23 on the calendar:

0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................25-May-23 as amended Yeas 31 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.

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