SB156 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, a driver purchasing a distinctive motor vehicle license plate for identification as a firefighter or retired firefighter is required to pay an additional fee of 25 cents which is distributed into a fund managed by the Alabama Joint Fire Council and used for the purpose of expanding and maintaining the Alabama Firefighter Memorial in Tuscaloosa

This bill would provide for an annual fee of one dollar for the issuance of distinctive firefighter motor vehicle license plates

This bill would also provide that 50 cents of each dollar collected would be deposited into a fund managed by the Alabama Joint Fire Council and used for the purpose of expanding and maintaining the Alabama Firefighter Memorial located in Tuscaloosa, and that the other 50 cents of each dollar collected would be distributed to the Alabama Joint Fire Council to be used for expenses associated with the Firefighter Peer Support program

Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Sections 32-6-271 and 32-6-280, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for an annual fee of one dollar for the issuance of distinctive firefighter motor vehicle license plates; and to provide that 50 cents of each dollar collected would be deposited into a fund managed by the Alabama Joint Fire Council and used for the purpose of expanding and maintaining the Alabama Firefighter Memorial located in Tuscaloosa, and that the other 50 cents of each dollar collected would be distributed to the Alabama Joint Fire Council to be used for expenses associated with the Firefighter Peer Support program.