HB419 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve ClouseRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Motor vehicles and motorcycles, new POW/MIA distinctive license tags, authorized for any resident, additional fee, distrib. to Veterans' Assistance Fund, duties to Veterans' Affairs Department and Revenue Department
Summary: HB419 would create a new POW/MIA license plate for cars and a POW/MIA tag for motorcycles for Alabama residents, with a $5 annual fee that funds the Veterans' Assistance Fund.
What This Bill Does
It establishes a distinct POW/MIA plate category for motor vehicles and a separate POW/MIA motorcycle tag, using a design different from the existing POW plate. Any Alabama resident who owns a vehicle can receive the new plate or tag after paying an extra $5 each year; these plates are valid for five years and can be replaced with conventional, personalized, or new POW/MIA plates. The annual fee proceeds go to the Veterans' Assistance Fund, collected and distributed through state offices, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs will design the plates with the Department of Revenue approving the design and administration.

Who It Affects
Alabama residents who own motor vehicles or motorcycles can apply for and pay the $5 annual fee to receive the new POW/MIA plates/tags and maintain them for five years.
State agencies and officials (Department of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Revenue, judge of probate/license commissioner, and the State Comptroller) are responsible for design, approval, processing, and distribution of the proceeds to the Veterans' Assistance Fund.

Key Provisions
Creates a new distinctive POW/MIA license plate for motor vehicles and a new distinctive POW/MIA tag for motorcycles, with a design different from the existing POW plate and containing the term POW/MIA.
Makes the new plates/tags available to any Alabama resident owner upon payment of an additional annual fee of $5, and assigns a five-year validity period with options to replace with conventional, personalized, or new POW/MIA plates.
Directs that the additional fee proceeds (net of administrative costs) be distributed to the Alabama Veterans' Assistance Fund in the State Treasury, through the judge of probate/license commissioner and the State Comptroller.
Requires the Department of Veterans' Affairs to design the plates and the Department of Revenue to approve the design and handle administration, including printing and issuance.
Specifies that motorcycle plates are printed only while the POW/MIA distinctive category qualifies, and that issuance follows existing processes for distinctive/personalized plates.
Repeals conflicting laws as part of the act and establishing the act's effective date as the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects: Motor Vehicles