HB422 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ralph Howard

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Mac McCutcheonDuwayne BridgesRichard J. Laird

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Motor vehicles, veterans, permanently and totally disabled, exempt from license tax and registration fee for one tag, Sec. 40-12-244 am'd.

Summary

HB422 would exempt a veteran who is 100% permanently and totally disabled from paying license tax and registration fees on one passenger vehicle registered in the veteran's name.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it adds a new exemption to Section 40-12-244 that waives license tax and registration fees for one passenger vehicle owned by a 100% permanently and totally disabled veteran and registered in that veteran’s name, using the disabled veteran license plate. The exemption applies only to one vehicle and requires the vehicle to have the disabled veteran plate, with no additional fee charged for that vehicle. Existing exemptions for other groups remain in place.

Who It Affects

• 100% permanently and totally disabled veterans who own and register one passenger vehicle in their name with the disabled veteran plate (exempt from license tax and registration fee for that vehicle).
• Other groups already covered by existing law (e.g., active/retired Alabama National Guard members, reserve members, service-connected disabled veterans under certain conditions, volunteer rescue squads, Civil Air Patrol, and volunteer firefighters) whose exemptions under Section 40-12-244 remain unchanged.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 40-12-244 to add an exemption for 100 percent permanently and totally disabled veterans from license tax and registration fees on one passenger vehicle owned and registered in the veteran's name with the disabled veteran distinctive license plate.
• The exemption applies only to one vehicle and, for that vehicle, there is no payment of license tax or registration fee beyond the existing plate; the veteran must have the disabled veteran plate.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it is passed and approved by the Governor.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles