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Alabama Senate Bill SB11

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

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55 By Senator Coleman-Madison
66 RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
77 First Read: 04-Feb-25
88 PFD: 24-Sep-24
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1717 SYNOPSIS:
1818 This bill provides for an additional license tax
1919 and registration fee on motor vehicles and for the
2020 distribution of the proceeds to the Alabama Public
2121 Transportation Trust Fund.
2222 A BILL
2323 TO BE ENTITLED
2424 AN ACT
2525 Relating to license taxes and registration fees to
2626 amend Section 40-12-242, Code of Alabama 1975; to levy an
2727 additional license tax and registration fee; and to provide
2828 for the distribution of the proceeds to the Alabama Public
2929 Transportation Trust Fund.
3030 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
3131 Section 1. Section 40-12-242, Code of Alabama 1975, is
3232 amended to read as follows:
3333 "ยง40-12-242
3434 (a) The following annual license taxes and registration
3535 fees are hereby imposed and shall be charged on each private
3636 passenger automobile operated on the public highways of this
3737 state and on each motorcycle operated on the public highways:
3838 (1) For each private passenger automobile.....$13.00
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6868 (1) For each private passenger automobile.....$13.00
6969 (2) For each motorcycle........................$7.00
7070 No private passenger automobile and no motorcycle shall
7171 be used on any public highway in the state unless the proper
7272 license tag therefor has been procured and is securely
7373 attached to the rear end thereof, the tag to be attached right
7474 side up with the number thereof in an upright position and
7575 plainly visible.
7676 (b)(1) In addition to the annual license taxes and
7777 registration fees imposed in subsection (a) and in this
7878 article, there is hereby imposed and shall be charged:
7979 a. An annual license tax and registration fee of
8080 $200.00 on each battery electric vehicle operated on the
8181 public highways of this state; and
8282 b. An annual license tax and registration fee of
8383 $100.00 on each plug-in hybrid electric vehicle operated on
8484 the public highways of this state.
8585 (2)a. A battery electric vehicle is defined as any
8686 motor vehicle which draws propulsion energy solely or
8787 primarily from onboard sources of stored electric energy from
8888 a plug-in rechargeable electric energy storage system and
8989 which does not include an internal combustion or heat engine
9090 using combustible fuel.
9191 b. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is defined as any
9292 motor vehicle which draws propulsion energy from onboard
9393 sources of stored electric energy that can be plugged into an
9494 outlet or charging station, and which includes an internal
9595 combustion or heat engine using combustible fuel.
9696 (c) Beginning on July 1, 2023 and every fourth year
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126126 (c) Beginning on July 1, 2023 and every fourth year
127127 thereafter, the additional license tax and registration fee
128128 specified in subsection (b) shall increase by three dollars
129129 ($3).
130130 (d) The annual battery electric vehicle fee imposed in
131131 subdivision (b)(1) shall be reduced by the amount of any
132132 future additional annual federal surcharge or registration fee
133133 placed on a battery electric vehicle, and the annual plug-in
134134 hybrid electric vehicle fee imposed in subdivision (b)(1)
135135 shall be reduced by the amount of any future annual federal
136136 surcharge or registration fee placed on a plug-in hybrid
137137 electric vehicle, if the federal surcharge or registration fee
138138 is used solely for highway transportation purposes in the
139139 State of Alabama, but in no case shall the battery electric
140140 vehicle fee be reduced to less than $150 and the plug-in
141141 hybrid electric vehicle fee be reduced to less than $75.
142142 (e) The Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant
143143 Program is created within the State Department of
144144 Transportation. The program shall be administered, conducted,
145145 and managed, and its funds shall be disbursed by, the State
146146 Department of Transportation, which shall have all the powers,
147147 authorities, rights, privileges, and titles necessary to
148148 enable it to accomplish the purpose of the Electric
149149 Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program. The State
150150 Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to
151151 adopt rules for the Electric Transportation Infrastructure
152152 Grant Program including the solicitation, application,
153153 evaluation, and selection of grant applicants, the
154154 distribution of grants for electric vehicle charging
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184184 distribution of grants for electric vehicle charging
185185 infrastructure, and the use of grant funds through the Alabama
186186 Administrative Procedure Act.
187187 (f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
188188 proceeds of the annual license taxes and registration fees
189189 imposed and charged in subsection (b), after deduction
190190 pursuant to Section 40-12-269 (a)(1), shall be distributed as
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192192 (1) The first one hundred fifty dollars ($150)
193193 collected from the annual license tax and registration fee on
194194 each battery electric vehicle and the first seventy-five
195195 dollars ($75) collected from the annual license tax and
196196 registration fee on each plug-in hybrid electric vehicle shall
197197 be distributed sixty-six and sixty-seven one hundreths percent
198198 (66.67%) to the state, twenty-five percent (25%) to counties,
199199 and eight and thirty-three one hundreths percent (8.33%) to
200200 municipalities.
201201 (2) The remainder shall be deposited in the Rebuild
202202 Alabama Fund established in Section 23-8-4, and shall be used
203203 by the State Department of Transportation to fund electric
204204 vehicle transportation charging infrastructure through the
205205 Electric Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program
206206 established in subsection (e) until such time as the total
207207 annual registrations of battery electric vehicles plus plug-in
208208 hybrid electric vehicle exceed four percent (4%) of the total
209209 annual registrations of all motor vehicles within the State of
210210 Alabama, except trailers and semitrailers, for which an annual
211211 license tax and registration fee is paid. Thereafter, the
212212 annual license taxes and registration fees imposed by
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242242 annual license taxes and registration fees imposed by
243243 subdivision (b)(1) shall be reduced to one hundred fifty
244244 dollars ($150) and seventy-five dollars ($75), respectively,
245245 and after such reduction the receipts shall be deposited into
246246 the Rebuild Alabama Fund and distributed sixty-six and
247247 sixty-seven one hundreths percent (66.67%) to the state,
248248 twenty-five percent (25%) to the counties, and eight and
249249 thirty-three one hundreths percent (8.33%) to the
250250 municipalities to be used in the construction, reconstruction,
251251 maintenance, and repair of public roads, highways, and bridges
252252 in the state, and for any other purpose for which moneys in
253253 the Rebuild Alabama Fund may be lawfully used. All previously
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255255 Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program shall continue to
256256 be used to fund the Electric Transportation Infrastructure
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258258 (g) The annual license taxes and registration fees
259259 pursuant to the Rebuild Alabama Act shall be effective January
260260 1, 2020.
261261 (h)(1) Effective October 1, 2025, in addition to the
262262 annual license taxes and registration fees imposed in
263263 subsections (a) and (b), there is hereby imposed and charged
264264 an annual license tax and registration fee of five dollars
265265 ($5).
266266 (2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
267267 proceeds of the annual license tax and registration fee
268268 imposed and charged in subdivision (1) shall be deposited into
269269 the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund, established in
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300300 Section 41-23-193, and used by the Alabama Department of
301301 Economic and Community Affairs to increase public
302302 transportation options across the State of Alabama.
303303 (3) County commissions and municipalities by resolution
304304 may opt-out of the requirement to impose and charge the annual
305305 license tax and registration fee imposed and charged in
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