SB140 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald H. AllenSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Motor vehicles, distinctive tags, colleges and universities, available for motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, Sec. 32-6-150 am'd.

Summary

SB140 would let colleges and universities issue distinctive license tags for motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, including environmental tags, and sets how they are designed, paid for, and used.

What This Bill Does

It amends Alabama's tag law to allow distinctive motorcycle/motor-driven cycle tags for colleges/universities and for environmental programs. The distinctive tags would be issued and processed like other personalized tags and would carry the same annual $50 fee and applicable license taxes. Distinctive tags would be valid for five years and then be replaced with conventional or other personalized tags. Colleges and universities must design their tags with approval, and production costs must be paid in advance; Legacy, Inc. would cover costs for environmental distinctive tags; there are also provisions related to existing historic Troy University tags.

Who It Affects

• Motor vehicle owners in Alabama (including motorcycle and motor-driven cycle riders) who apply for a distinctive tag associated with a participating college/university or the environmental program, and who would pay the $50 annual fee for the distinctive tag.
• Colleges and universities in Alabama (and their leadership) that participate in the distinctive tag programs, along with the Department of Revenue and Legacy, Inc., which design, approve, fund, and manage the production of these tags.

Key Provisions

• Allows distinctive tags for motorcycles and motor-driven cycles for colleges/universities in the distinctive tag program and for the Environmental Distinctive Tag Program.
• Distinctive tags will be issued, printed, and processed like other personalized tags, with the same fee structure and a five-year validity period.
• Boards of trustees for four-year colleges and presidents of two-year colleges must design the tags, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Revenue and Legislative Oversight Committee.
• Colleges/universities must pay production costs to the Department of Revenue before production begins.
• Legacy, Inc. must pay production costs for the environmental distinctive tags before production begins.
• Troy University’s historical distinctive tags (1987) remain valid under the existing terms until 1992 or until expiration, provided regular fees are paid.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles