Mississippi HB 929: Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supports of EV Mississippi.

Bill Text

HB 929 (As Introduced) - 2020 Regular Session 

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Ways and Means

By: Representative McCarty

House Bill 929

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR 
VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF EV MISSISSIPPI; TO PRESCRIBE AN 
ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE TAGS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE 
TAGS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE 
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

���� SECTION 1.� 
(1)� Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, upon payment 
of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees 
as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and 
other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional fee in 
the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a 
distinctive license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name 
identifying such person as a supporter of EV Mississippi.� The distinctive 
license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the Department of 
Revenue, with the advice of EV Mississippi, may prescribe and shall consist of 
such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each 
license tag.

���� (2)� Application for the 
distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county 
tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue.� The 
application and the additional fee imposed under subsection (3) of this 
section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, 
shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed 
by the department.� The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax 
collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

���� (3)� Beginning with any 
registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2020, any person applying for 
a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the 
amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for 
under this section, which shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees.� 
The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrently with 
the vehicle's established license tag year.� The additional fee is due and 
payable at the time the original application is made for a distinctive license 
tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal 
registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag.� If the 
owner does not wish to retain the distinctive license tag, he must surrender it 
to the local county tax collector.

���� (4)� The Department of Revenue 
shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected.� At the 
end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the State 
Treasurer the total fees collected under this section from the issuance of the 
distinctive license tags issued under this section.� The State Treasurer shall 
distribute such collections as follows:

��������� (a)� Twenty-four 
Dollars ($24.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags 
issued pursuant to this section shall be distributed to EV Mississippi.

��������� (b)� One Dollar ($1.00) 
of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created 
pursuant to Section 7-9-70.

��������� (c)� Two Dollars 
($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued 
pursuant to this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway 
Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or 
reconstruction of highways.

��������� (d)� One Dollar ($1.00) 
of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to 
this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in 
Section 27-19-44.2.

���� (5)� A regular license tag 
must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive 
license tag under this section.� The regular license tag must be surrendered to 
the tax collector upon issuance of the distinctive license tag under this 
section.� The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for each 
distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same 
month and year as the regular license tag.

���� (6)� In the case of loss or 
theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may 
make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as 
provided by Section 27-19-37.� The fee for a replacement distinctive license 
tag shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00).� The tax collector receiving such 
application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the 
county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license