Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB295 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB295
4	4	USUQDGD-1
5	5	By Senator Smitherman
6	6	RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
7	7	First Read: 04-Apr-24
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12	12	5 USUQDGD-1 03/06/2024 SS (F)SS 2024-1074
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14	14	First Read: 04-Apr-24
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill provides for an additional license tax
17	17	and registration fee on motor vehicles and for the
18	18	distribution of the proceeds to the Alabama Public
19	19	Transportation Trust Fund.
20	20	A BILL
21	21	TO BE ENTITLED
22	22	AN ACT
23	23	To amend Section 40-12-242, Code of Alabama 1975,
24	24	relating to license taxes and registration fees; to levy an
25	25	additional license tax and registration fee; and to provide
26	26	for the distribution of the proceeds to the Alabama Public
27	27	Transportation Trust Fund.
28	28	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
29	29	Section 1. Section 40-12-242, Code of Alabama 1975, is
30	30	amended to read as follows:
31	31	"§40-12-242
32	32	(a) The following annual license taxes and registration
33	33	fees are hereby imposed and shall be charged on each private
34	34	passenger automobile operated on the public highways of this
35	35	state and on each motorcycle operated on the public highways:
36	36	(1) For each private passenger automobile.....$13.00
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66	66	(1) For each private passenger automobile.....$13.00
67	67	(2) For each motorcycle........................$7.00
68	68	No private passenger automobile and no motorcycle shall
69	69	be used on any public highway in the state unless the proper
70	70	license tag therefor has been procured and is securely
71	71	attached to the rear end thereof, the tag to be attached right
72	72	side up with the number thereof in an upright position and
73	73	plainly visible.
74	74	(b)(1) In addition to the annual license taxes and
75	75	registration fees imposed in subsection (a) and in this
76	76	article, there is hereby imposed and shall be charged:
77	77	a. An annual license tax and registration fee of
78	78	$200.00 on each battery electric vehicle operated on the
79	79	public highways of this state; and
80	80	b. An annual license tax and registration fee of
81	81	$100.00 on each plug-in hybrid electric vehicle operated on
82	82	the public highways of this state.
83	83	(2)a. A battery electric vehicle is defined as any
84	84	motor vehicle which draws propulsion energy solely or
85	85	primarily from onboard sources of stored electric energy from
86	86	a plug-in rechargeable electric energy storage system and
87	87	which does not include an internal combustion or heat engine
88	88	using combustible fuel.
89	89	b. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is defined as any
90	90	motor vehicle which draws propulsion energy from onboard
91	91	sources of stored electric energy that can be plugged into an
92	92	outlet or charging station, and which includes an internal
93	93	combustion or heat engine using combustible fuel.
94	94	(c) Beginning on July 1, 2023 and every fourth year
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124	124	(c) Beginning on July 1, 2023 and every fourth year
125	125	thereafter, the additional license tax and registration fee
126	126	specified in subsection (b) shall increase by three dollars
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128	128	(d) The annual battery electric vehicle fee imposed in
129	129	subdivision (b)(1) shall be reduced by the amount of any
130	130	future additional annual federal surcharge or registration fee
131	131	placed on a battery electric vehicle, and the annual plug-in
132	132	hybrid electric vehicle fee imposed in subdivision (b)(1)
133	133	shall be reduced by the amount of any future annual federal
134	134	surcharge or registration fee placed on a plug-in hybrid
135	135	electric vehicle, if the federal surcharge or registration fee
136	136	is used solely for highway transportation purposes in the
137	137	State of Alabama, but in no case shall the battery electric
138	138	vehicle fee be reduced to less than $150 and the plug-in
139	139	hybrid electric vehicle fee be reduced to less than $75.
140	140	(e) The Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant
141	141	Program is created within the State Department of
142	142	Transportation. The program shall be administered, conducted,
143	143	and managed, and its funds shall be disbursed by, the State
144	144	Department of Transportation, which shall have all the powers,
145	145	authorities, rights, privileges, and titles necessary to
146	146	enable it to accomplish the purpose of the Electric
147	147	Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program. The State
148	148	Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to
149	149	adopt rules for the Electric Transportation Infrastructure
150	150	Grant Program including the solicitation, application,
151	151	evaluation, and selection of grant applicants, the
152	152	distribution of grants for electric vehicle charging
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182	182	distribution of grants for electric vehicle charging
183	183	infrastructure, and the use of grant funds through the Alabama
184	184	Administrative Procedure Act.
185	185	(f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
186	186	proceeds of the annual license taxes and registration fees
187	187	imposed and charged in subsection (b), after deduction
188	188	pursuant to Section 40-12-269 (a)(1), shall be distributed as
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190	190	(1) The first one hundred fifty dollars ($150)
191	191	collected from the annual license tax and registration fee on
192	192	each battery electric vehicle and the first seventy-five
193	193	dollars ($75) collected from the annual license tax and
194	194	registration fee on each plug-in hybrid electric vehicle shall
195	195	be distributed sixty-six and sixty-seven one hundreths percent
196	196	(66.67%) to the state, twenty-five percent (25%) to counties,
197	197	and eight and thirty-three one hundreths percent (8.33%) to
198	198	municipalities.
199	199	(2) The remainder shall be deposited in the Rebuild
200	200	Alabama Fund established in Section 23-8-4, and shall be used
201	201	by the State Department of Transportation to fund electric
202	202	vehicle transportation charging infrastructure through the
203	203	Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program
204	204	established in subsection (e) until such time as the total
205	205	annual registrations of battery electric vehicles plus plug-in
206	206	hybrid electric vehicle exceed four percent (4%) of the total
207	207	annual registrations of all motor vehicles within the State of
208	208	Alabama, except trailers and semitrailers, for which an annual
209	209	license tax and registration fee is paid. Thereafter, the
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240	240	annual license taxes and registration fees imposed by
241	241	subdivision (b)(1) shall be reduced to one hundred fifty
242	242	dollars ($150) and seventy-five dollars ($75), respectively,
243	243	and after such reduction the receipts shall be deposited into
244	244	the Rebuild Alabama Fund and distributed sixty-six and
245	245	sixty-seven one hundreths percent (66.67%) to the state,
246	246	twenty-five percent (25%) to the counties, and eight and
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248	248	municipalities to be used in the construction, reconstruction,
249	249	maintenance, and repair of public roads, highways, and bridges
250	250	in the state, and for any other purpose for which moneys in
251	251	the Rebuild Alabama Fund may be lawfully used. All previously
252	252	collected but unspent funds dedicated to the Electric
253	253	Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program shall continue to
254	254	be used to fund the Electric Transportation Infrastructure
255	255	Grant Program.
256	256	(g) The annual license taxes and registration fees
257	257	pursuant to the Rebuild Alabama Act shall be effective January
258	258	1, 2020.
259	259	(h)(1) Effective October 1, 2024, in addition to the
260	260	annual license taxes and registration fees imposed in
261	261	subsections (a) and (b) and in this article, there is hereby
262	262	imposed and charged an annual license tax and registration fee
263	263	of five dollars ($5).
264	264	(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
265	265	proceeds of the annual license tax and registration fee
266	266	imposed and charged in subdivision (1) shall be deposited into
267	267	the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund, established in
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298	298	Section 41-23-193, and used by the Alabama Department of
299	299	Economic and Community Affairs to increase public
300	300	transportation options across the State of Alabama. "
301	301	Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first
302	302	day of the third month following its passage and approval by
303	303	the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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