HB211INTRODUCED
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By Representatives Rehm, Robertson, Kirkland, Starnes,
Paschal, Oliver, Shaw, Stubbs, Paramore, Brown, Marques, Lee
RFD: Military and Veterans Affairs
First Read: 23-Mar-23
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SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, a resident veteran who are
the recipient of a specified military award may be
issued a distinctive permanent motor vehicle license
plate under certain conditions if the veteran presents
evidence of receipt of the award.
This bill would add the Air Medal to the list of
military awards eligible to be commemorated on a
distinctive permanent license plate.
This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical
revisions to update existing language to current style.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicle registration; to amend
Sections 32-6-250 and 32-6-251, Code of Alabama 1975, to add
the Air Medal to the list of military awards eligible to be
commemorated on a distinctive permanent license plate; and to
make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update existing
language to current style.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Sections 32-6-250 and 32-6-251, Code of
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Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
"§32-6-250
(a) A distinctive permanent license plate shall be
issued to any resident of the state who is a recipient of the
Medal of Honor or the widow of a recipient of the Medal of
Honor, to any resident who is a recipient of the Purple Heart
Medal, to any resident who is a member of the Legion of Valor
with positive proof of membership and the award of the Medal
of Honor, the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy
Cross, or the Air Force Cross, to any resident who is a
recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, to any resident
who is a recipient of the Silver Star, to any resident who is
a recipient of the Bronze Star, to any resident who is a
recipient of the Air Medal, or to any resident who shows by
satisfactory proof that he or she was a duly recognized former
prisoner of war, for use on a private motor vehicle registered
in the name of the resident. There shall be no fee or tax for
the license plate, except Purple Heart Medal recipients shall
pay ad valorem taxes on vehicles for which the distinctive
plates are issued, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star,
and Bronze Star, and Air Medal recipients shall pay the
regular registration fee and ad valorem taxes and an annual
additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), and no recipient
shall receive a plate for more than one vehicle except as
provided in subsection (c).
(b) A former prisoner of war for purposes of this
section is a personan individual who, as a member of the
United States Armed Forces, or while serving with a formal
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United States ally force, or as a United States civilian, was
held as a prisoner of war during any armed conflict by forces
hostile to the United States.
(c) A personAn individual eligible to be issued a
distinctive license plate under this section may be issued
additional distinctive license plates, under any of the above
license plate categories, if the personindividual otherwise
qualifies to receive the distinctive license plate, upon
payment of all license tax and registration fees, including ad
valorem taxes, for the vehicles and an annual additional fee
of twenty-five dollars ($25) for the Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Silver Star, and the Bronze Star , and the Air Medal
distinctive license plates. Annual renewal decals shall be
provided after payment, if required, of license fees and taxes
for the years during which a new tag or plate is not issued as
provided in Section 32-6-63."
"§32-6-251
The special plates shall be of the same size as regular
motor vehicle license plates, distinguished by the letters
MOH, LOV, Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Bronze
Star, or PHM, or AM to be of a different color scheme and
design to any other vehicle plate in this state, or POW to be
of the same color scheme as other distinguished military
plates in this state, whichever distinctive design applies,
the nature of which shall be prescribed by a committee to be
appointed by the chief legislative sponsors of this division.
The net proceeds of the additional revenues from the sales of
the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star, and the
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Bronze Star, and the Air Medal distinctive military plates,
less the administrative costs including the costs of
production incurred by the Department of Revenue in producing
the plates, shall be distributed by each judge of probate or
license commissioner to the state Comptroller. The state
Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds into the Alabama
Veterans' Assistance Fund in the State Treasury."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on January
1, 2024, following its passage and approval by the Governor,
or its otherwise becoming law.
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