HB33 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Blaine Galliher

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Motor vehicles, self-propelled camper, house car, recreational vehicle, annual registration fee, exception, Sec. 40-12-248 am'd.

Summary

HB33 would create new weight categories for recreational vehicles over 42,000 pounds, lower the preceding category’s fee, and allow one RV per person to be exempt from extra RV fees.

What This Bill Does

HB33 changes RV fees by adding new weight categories for recreational vehicles over 42,000 pounds and setting corresponding fees, while reducing the fee for the weight class immediately below 42,000 pounds. It also allows one recreational vehicle per person to be exempt from the additional RV fees. For self-propelled campers/house cars, total fees are limited to one per person, with additional RVs charged under the base and additional schedules; owners must declare gross weight by affidavit and may adjust it (increasing weight requires a new affidavit and payment; decreasing weight is allowed only once per year). The bill also preserves weight based licensing for pickups used personally or agriculturally and for tow trucks, and includes caps for farm and forest product truck fees.

Who It Affects

• Recreational vehicle owners, especially those with RVs over 42,000 pounds or those who own more than one RV, who would face new fees and a per person exemption.
• Heavy-vehicle operators, including farmers with farm trucks, forest-products transport operators, pickups used for personal/agricultural use, and tow truck operators, who would be subject to weight-based licensing rules and caps.

Key Provisions

• Creates new weight categories for recreational vehicles over 42,000 pounds and sets new base and additional fees for those categories, while reducing the fee for the immediately preceding category.
• Allows one recreational vehicle per person to be exempt from the additional RV fees.
• Limits total annual fees for self-propelled campers or house cars to one per person; additional RVs are charged according to the base and additional schedules and weight; weight must be declared by affidavit and can be adjusted by new affidavits (increases with payment; decreases only once per year).
• Keeps weight‑based licensing rules for pickups used for personal or agricultural use and for tow trucks, and includes fee caps for farm and forest-product truck operations.
• Effective date: the act takes effect on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles