Alabama § 45-53-200 - License Issuance Fees Authorized - Motor Vehicles and Tractor Trailers; Watercraft Decals.

§ 45-53-200. License Issuance Fees Authorized - Motor Vehicles and Tractor Trailers; Watercraft Decals.

(a) The County commission of Perry County, in addition to all other charges, costs, taxes, or fees levied on the issuance of licenses on all motor vehicles, and tractor trailers of any nature, may levy a fee of up to ten dollars ($10) per license plate. The county commission may also levy a user fee of up to five dollars ($5) on each license decal issued for all watercraft of not more than 16 feet in length, and a user fee of up to ten dollars ($10) for any watercraft more than 16 feet in length. The vehicle and watercraft license may be levied beginning September 1, 1997, and shall apply to any vehicle or watercraft subject to registration, or transfer of ownership.

(b) If the county commission imposes a fee authorized by this section, the authority shall be exercised in the following manner: A proposed resolution shall be advertised for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Perry County. The resolution shall then be introduced at a regularly scheduled meeting. Should the advertised resolution require amendment, it cannot be approved at the same scheduled meeting at which it is amended, but must be enacted at a subsequent meeting.

(c) All funds received from the fees authorized by this section shall be placed in a special fund in the county treasury to be called the debt reduction fund. All funds deposited in the debt reduction fund shall be used to reduce any general fund debt of the county.