HB168 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would authorize the owner of a salvage vehicle to apply for an inspection for title purposes if the owner submits a prior registration or other documentation which shows that he or she owned the vehicle prior to the salvage title being issued and would authorize the department to allow an owner to apply for an inspection in certain cases where the supporting paperwork is incomplete or unavailable. The bill would specify the salvage vehicle disclosure and the title branding requirements for junk vehicles

This bill would eliminate the provisions requiring the Department of Revenue to approve nationally recognized indexes and databases of retail values for the purpose of salvage vehicle valuations. The bill would require a scrap metal processor who acquires a motor vehicle for recycling to surrender the title to the department and to maintain certain records concerning the transaction and would provide penalties for violations. The bill would also increase the penalties for various violations of the act

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

To amend Section 32-8-87, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception from the requirement that the owner of a salvage vehicle be a licensed rebuilder in order to apply for an inspection if the owner submits a prior registration or other documentation which shows that he or she owned the vehicle prior to the salvage title being issued; to specify the salvage vehicle disclosure and the title branding requirements for junk vehicles; to eliminate the provisions requiring the Department of Revenue to approve nationally recognized indexes and databases of retail values for the purpose of salvage vehicle valuations; to authorize an individual owner of a salvage vehicle to apply for an inspection in certain cases where the supporting paperwork is incomplete or unavailable; to further regulate the acquisition of motor vehicles by scrap metal processors and provide penalties for violations; to increase the penalties for certain violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.