Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB366 Compare Versions

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4	4		By Representative Paschal
5	5		RFD: Military and Veterans Affairs
6	6		First Read: 20-Apr-23
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14		-	Enrolled, An Act,
15		-	Relating to motor vehicle registration; to amend
16		-	Section 32-6-650, Code of Alabama 1975; to add the U.S. Marine
17		-	Corps and the U.S. Space Force to the list of service branches
18		-	for which a military distinctive license plate is available;
19		-	and to repeal Section 32-6-640, Code of Alabama 1975.
20		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21		-	Section 1. Section 32-6-650, Code of Alabama 1975, is
22		-	amended to read as follows:
23		-	"§32-6-650
24		-	(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and
25		-	32-6-68, upon application and submission of the appropriate
26		-	military identification card, Leave and Earnings Statement, or
27		-	DD214 form to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or
28		-	other license plate issuing official, compliance with motor
29		-	vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular
30		-	fees required by law for license tags or plates, and payment
31		-	of an additional fee of three dollars ($3) for the initial
32		-	issuance of the tag for a private passenger, pickup truck, or
33		-	pleasure motor vehicle, the owner of a motor vehicle who is a
34		-	resident of Alabama and an active or retired member of the
35		-	United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine
36		-	Corps, Space Force, or Merchant MarinesMarine or has been
37		-	honorably discharged from any of these branches of service
38		-	shall be issued a military distinctive license plate
39		-	designating the appropriate branch of service. The tag or
	13	+	SYNOPSIS:
	14	+	Under existing law, a resident of Alabama who is
	15	+	an active or retired member of the United States Air
	16	+	Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or Merchant Marine, or
	17	+	has been honorably discharged from any of these
	18	+	branches of service may be issued a military
	19	+	distinctive license plate designating the appropriate
	20	+	branch of service for an additional fee of three
	21	+	dollars.
	22	+	Under existing law, residents of Alabama who are
	23	+	active or retired members or honorably discharged from
	24	+	the U.S. Marine Corps may be issued a military
	25	+	distinctive license plate designating the U.S. Marine
	26	+	Corps for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars.
	27	+	This bill would allow the United States Marine
	28	+	Corps military distinctive license plate to be issued
	29	+	in the same manner as the other military distinctive
	30	+	license plates for an additional fee of three dollars.
	31	+	This bill would add the United States Space
	32	+	Force as a branch of service eligible for a military
	33	+	distinctive license plate.
	34	+	A BILL
	35	+	TO BE ENTITLED
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	65	+	AN ACT
	66	+	Relating to motor vehicle registration; to amend
	67	+	Section 32-6-650, Code of Alabama 1975; to add the U.S. Marine
	68	+	Corps and the U.S. Space Force to the list of service branches
	69	+	for which a military distinctive license plate is available;
	70	+	and to repeal Section 32-6-640, Code of Alabama 1975.
	71	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	72	+	Section 1. Section 32-6-650, Code of Alabama 1975, is
	73	+	amended to read as follows:
	74	+	"§32-6-650
	75	+	(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64, 32-6-67, and
	76	+	32-6-68, upon application and submission of the appropriate
	77	+	military identification card, Leave and Earnings Statement, or
	78	+	DD214 form to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or
	79	+	other license plate issuing official, compliance with motor
	80	+	vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular
	81	+	fees required by law for license tags or plates, and payment
	82	+	of an additional fee of three dollars ($3) for the initial
	83	+	issuance of the tag for a private passenger, pickup truck, or
	84	+	pleasure motor vehicle, the owner of a motor vehicle who is a
	85	+	resident of Alabama and an active or retired member of the
	86	+	United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine
	87	+	Corps, Space Force, or Merchant MarinesMarine or has been
	88	+	honorably discharged from any of these branches of service
	89	+	shall be issued a military distinctive license plate
	90	+	designating the appropriate branch of service. The tag or
69	91		plate shall be valid for five years and may then be replaced
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70	121		with either a conventional or new United States Air Force,
71	122		Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Space Force, or
72	123		Merchant Marine tag or plate.
73	124		(b) Payment of required license fees and taxes for the
74	125		years during which a new tag or plate is not issued shall be
75	126		evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63.
76	127		(c) The United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast
77	128		Guard, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Merchant Marine military
78	129		distinctive license plates shall be designed by the Department
79	130		of Veterans Affairs and approved by the Department of Revenue.
80	131		(d) The tags or plates shall be issued, printed, and
81	132		processed like other distinctive plates provided for by law.
82	133		(e) The Department of Revenue may adopt any rules
83	134		necessary to administer this section."
84	135		Section 2. Section 32-6-640, Code of Alabama 1975, is
85	136		repealed.
86	137		Section 3. This act shall become effective on January
87	138		1, 2024, following its passage and approval by the Governor,
88	139		or its otherwise becoming law.
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111		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
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113		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
114		-	House of Representatives
115		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
116		-	was passed by the House 25-May-23.
117		-	John Treadwell
118		-	Clerk
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