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G8BQCC-1
By Senator Jones (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 27-Apr-23
2023 Regular Session
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A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to Cherokee County; to authorize the Cherokee
County Commission to levy and provide for the collection of an
additional vehicle license and registration fee on each
vehicle license and registration, transfer, or renewal of any
vehicle in the county; and to provide for distribution of the
proceeds from the fees to the sheriff and the district
attorney.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1.(a) The Cherokee County Commission may levy
and provide for the collection of an additional vehicle
license and registration issuance fee in the amount of three
dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75) on each new
registration, transfer, or renewal on any vehicle in the
county. The Revenue Commissioner of the county or other
license issuing officials shall collect the issuance fee on
each new registration, transfer, or renewal on a vehicle in
the county. The fee shall be in addition to all other fees,
taxes, and other charges provided for the license and
registration of a vehicle.
(b) The proceeds from the additional issuance fees upon
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collection shall be distributed on a monthly basis by the
Revenue Commissioner as follows:
(1) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) shall be
distributed to the District Attorney to be deposited in the
solicitor's fund. The proceeds from the fees shall be used for
law enforcement purposes and for the prosecution of crimes.
(2) Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) shall be
distributed to the sheriff of the county to be deposited in
the Sheriff's Law Enforcement Fund. The proceeds from the fees
shall be used for law enforcement purposes.
(c) The proceeds from the fees and the use of the fees
shall not diminish or take the place of any other source of
funding of the District Attorney's office or sheriff's office
in the county.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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