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AL Code § 22-21-357 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11A - Additional Power of Health Care Authorities.|Division 2 - Further Additional Powers.|Section 22-21-357 - Definitions.

Section 22-21-357Definitions. As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation now or hereafter organized or reincorporated, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of the Health Care Authorities Act. (2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each county, municipality, and educational institution with the governing body of which the application for the incorporation of any authority under the Health Care Authorities Act or the reincorporation of a public corporation under the Health Care Authorities Act was filed. (3) COUNTY. Any county in the State of Alabama. (4) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, its county commission or other like governing body, and, with respect to a municipality, its city or town council, board of commissioners or other like governing body, and, with respect to an educational institution, its board of trustees, or other like governing body. (5) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. A public college or university established under the Constitution of Alabama or act of the Alabama Legislature that operates a school of medicine. (6) HEALTH CARE AUTHORITIES ACT. Act No. 82-418 enacted at the 1982 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as supplemented by Act No. 87-745 enacted at the 1987 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama (codified as Articles 11 and 11A of Chapter 21 of Title 22 as amended). (7) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1990, No. 90-532, §1; Act 2003-249, p. 606, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-359 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11A - Additional Power of Health Care Authorities.|Division 2 - Further Additional Powers.|Section 22-21-359 - Legislative Intention.

Section 22-21-359Legislative intention. It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this division to clarify existing provisions of statutory law respecting the powers of authorities. To that end, the grant to such authorities of the powers specified in Section 22-21-358 shall be deemed declarative of existing statutory law and shall therefore have both a prospective and a retroactive or retrospective operation. (Acts 1990, No. 90-532, §3.)
AL Code § 32-6-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-51 - Rear Tags Required.

Section 32-6-51Rear tags required. Every motor vehicle operator who operates a motor vehicle upon any city street or other public highway of or in this state shall at all times keep attached and plainly visible on the rear end of such motor vehicle a license tag or license plate as prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue at the time the owner or operator purchases his license. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding $500.00 and, in addition thereto, shall be prohibited from driving a motor vehicle in Alabama for a period of not less than 60 days nor more than six months. (Acts 1935, No. 512, p. 1100; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 31, p. 28; Code 1940, T. 36, §75; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 2085, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 32-6-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-52 - Using License Tag of Improper Classification.

Section 32-6-52Using license tag of improper classification. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any motor vehicle upon the streets or highways of this state, unless the license tag attached to the vehicle is of the proper classification as required by the revenue laws of this state. Any person violating this provision, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 32-5-311. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §78; Acts 1949, No. 518, p. 773, §1.)
AL Code § 32-6-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-53 - Power of Commissioner of Revenue to Make Rules and Regulations.

Section 32-6-53Power of Commissioner of Revenue to make rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Revenue, or his successor in office, by whatsoever name called, shall have full and continuing power to promulgate, from time to time with the approval of the Governor, reasonable rules and regulations governing the number, type or kind, size and method of placement and attachment of license tags, stamps, discs, plates or other devices to be attached to motor vehicles as evidence of the licensing and registration thereof; provided, that such power or authority on the part of the Commissioner of Revenue, or his successor in office, to issue such rules and regulations shall be dependent upon a proclamation by the Governor, from time to time as the occasion may require, of an emergency making reasonably necessary the use of such substitutes for the usual tags attached to or placed upon motor vehicles; and provided further, that the power to make such rules and regulations by the commissioner shall continue until the Governor has by proclamation ended that particular emergency; it being the intent of the Legislature by this section to confer upon the Governor the authority to determine when an emergency exists and to determine by proclamation the end thereof; and, provided further, that the effective date of such emergency shall not begin until the Governor's proclamation shall have been published for five days in five daily papers in the State of Alabama, and that such emergency shall not terminate until the Governor's proclamation ending the same shall likewise have been published for five days in five daily newspapers of the state. Any person who violates any rule or regulation issued or promulgated by the commissioner or his successor in office, under the authority of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as now provided by law. (Acts 1951, No. 535, p. 947.)
AL Code § 32-6-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-54 - Tag to Show Heart and Words "Heart of dixie."

Section 32-6-54Tag to show heart and words "Heart of Dixie." Every license tag or license plate issued by the State of Alabama for use on motor vehicles, in addition to any letters and figures prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue, shall also have imprinted thereon a conventionalized representation of a heart and the words "Heart of Dixie." The design of license tags or license plates shall be approved by the Commissioner of Revenue. (Acts 1951, No. 675, p. 1168, §1.)
AL Code § 32-6-54.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-54.1 - Removal of "Heart of Dixie" Language.

Section 32-6-54.1Removal of "Heart of Dixie" language. Notwithstanding the provision of Section 32-6-54, any organization that purchases a personalized, distinctive, or vanity license plate may request the Department of Revenue to not place the language "Heart of Dixie" on his or her license plate. (Acts 1997, No. 97-633, p. 1148, §3.)
AL Code § 32-6-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-55 - Special Tag Number for Chairman of Uss Alabama Battleship Commission.

Section 32-6-55Special tag number for chairman of USS Alabama Battleship Commission. The chairman of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission, which commission was created by Sections 41-9-340 through 41-9-358, shall be entitled to use on the license tags of both his or her official and private automobiles the insignia BB-60 which letters and number were the call letters of battleship USS Alabama during its proud service throughout World War II. Upon compliance with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon the payment of the regular license fee for tags, as provided by law, the chairman shall be issued receipts which shall authorize him or her to cause a special plate or tag to be made bearing the call letters to be used by him or her in lieu of any other license number. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 98, p. 131.)
AL Code § 32-6-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-56 - Powers of Commissioner of Revenue as to Reciprocal Agreements With Other States, etc., for Registration of Vehicles on an Apportionment or Allocation Basis.

Section 32-6-56Powers of Commissioner of Revenue as to reciprocal agreements with other states, etc., for registration of vehicles on an apportionment or allocation basis. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of this state with the duly authorized representatives of any of the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a state or province of a foreign country or a territory or possession of either the United States or of a foreign country providing for the registration of vehicles on an apportionment or allocation basis. In exercising the authority granted to him or her by this section, the commissioner is expressly authorized and empowered to enter into and to become a member of the International Registration Plan or such other designation that may, from time to time, be given to such plan, developed by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. The commissioner is further authorized and empowered to promulgate and to enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the International Registration Plan or any other agreement entered into under the authority of this section. If the commissioner enters into the International Registration Plan or into any other agreement under the authority of this section, and if the provisions set forth in the International Registration Plan or other agreements are different from the provisions prescribed by this Code or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted hereunder to the commissioner, then the agreement provisions shall prevail. The provisions of this section shall constitute complete authority for the registration of vehicles, including the registration of fleet vehicles, upon an apportionment or allocation basis under the International Registration Plan. (Acts 1978, No. 848, p. 1267.)
AL Code § 32-6-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-57 - Manufacturing Specifications for License Tags or Plates.

Section 32-6-57Manufacturing specifications for license tags or plates. (a) Effective January 1, 1987, every license tag or plate issued under the provisions of this section and Sections 40-12-273, 40-12-274 shall be manufactured in such a manner as to meet the minimum federal performance standards as set out in Table I of the Society of Automotive Engineers Standard J594e, "Reflex Reflectors," of Federal Standard 108. (b) The State Revenue Department shall implement the provisions of this section and Sections 40-12-273, 40-12-274 and, for such purpose, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and to adopt plans for such tags or plates, and all decals, slogans, stickers, symbols, characters, and other attachments, all of which shall be supplied by the Department of Corrections. (Acts 1984, No. 84-240, p. 363, §1.)
AL Code § 32-6-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-58 - Applicants for Registration Must Furnish Proof of Paying Certain Federal Taxes.

Section 32-6-58Applicants for registration must furnish proof of paying certain federal taxes. (a) All judges of probate, license commissioners, and other officials authorized by law to register motor vehicles and issue motor vehicle license plates and to perform other duties in connection with the issuance of motor vehicle license plates shall refuse to issue motor vehicle registrations and license plates and shall refuse to transfer or renew motor vehicle registrations and license plates unless the applicant furnishes proof of payment, in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the United States Treasury, that any federal heavy vehicle excise tax imposed by Title 26, United States Code §4481, has been paid. (b) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration of this section. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-794, p. 203; Act 2013-398, p. 1516, §3.)
AL Code § 32-6-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-59 - License Taxes and Registration Fees - Mini-Trucks.

Section 32-6-59License taxes and registration fees - Mini-trucks.  (a) The annual license tax and registration fee for a mini-truck, as defined in Section 40-12-240, shall be the same as a private passenger automobile, and the fees shall be distributed in the same manner as for a private passenger automobile. (b) Mini-trucks may be operated subject to the following restrictions: (1) Mini-trucks may not be operated on interstate highways. (2) Mini-trucks shall be prohibited from operating on any public highway, road, or street in the state unless the proper license tag therefor has been procured and is securely attached in the same manner as a private passenger automobile. The license tag shall indicate that the mini-truck is for restricted low speed use. (Act 2011-205, p. 384, §1.)
AL Code § 32-6-59.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 1 - Tags Generally.|Section 32-6-59.1 - Distinctive Motorcycle Plates.

Section 32-6-59.1Distinctive motorcycle plates.  (a) Residents of Alabama who qualify to obtain a distinctive license plate pursuant to this chapter 6 may be issued a distinctive motorcycle license plate in the license plate category for which they qualify. The standard motorcycle registration fee shall apply to all motorcycle license plates, provided where a registration fee or ad valorem tax exemption or reduction is available for private passenger automobile, pickup truck, and pleasure motor vehicle license plates in a distinctive license plate category, the same exemption or reduction will apply to motorcycle license plates in the same distinctive license plate category. Any annual additional fee that applies to the license plate category for which a resident qualifies shall also apply to the same category of motorcycle license plate. (b) Payment of required license fees and taxes for the years during which a new tag or plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63. (c) The design for the distinctive motorcycle plates shall be the same design as plates for private passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, and pleasure motor vehicles in each distinctive license plate category.  (d) This section shall not apply to Amateur Radio Operator plates provided for in Sections 32-6-70 and 32-6-90. (e) The Department of Revenue may promulgate rules necessary to administer this section.  (Act 2015-362, §5.)
AL Code § 32-6-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Licensing, Registration and Taxation on Staggered Basis.|Section 32-6-60 - Licensing, Registration, etc., Staggered - Implementation Period.

Section 32-6-60Licensing, registration, etc., staggered - Implementation period. Effective from and after October 1, 1980, the licensing, registration, and ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles in compliance with the laws of the State of Alabama shall be on a staggered basis. Provided, however, the actual distribution of the license plates described in Sections 32-6-63 and 32-6-64 shall begin from and after January 1, 1982. For the fiscal year 1981 the license plates used for the previous five years as set out in Section 32-6-50, shall continue to be used in the same manner as used in the past five years. An appropriate 1981 tab, disc, or other device suitable for attaching to the motor vehicle tag or plate shall be issued upon the payment of the annual license tax prescribed by law for the 1981 fiscal year. While the actual issuance of license plates described in Sections 32-6-63 and 32-6-64, on a staggered basis shall not begin until January 1, 1982, the licensing, registration, and ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles shall be on a staggered basis effective from and after October 1, 1980. To implement this subdivision, the licensing, registration, and taxation may be for periods less than or greater than 12 months during the conversion year only. However, such proration of fees during the implementation of a staggered registration system shall result in the collection of a total amount of moneys for the taxable year no more nor less than the current annual amounts received. During the implementation period and thereafter the licensing, registration, and taxation for vehicles weighing 12,001 pounds and over shall be prorated on a monthly basis. (Acts 1979, No. 79-797, p. 1455, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-631, p. 1091.)
AL Code § 32-6-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Licensing, Registration and Taxation on Staggered Basis.|Section 32-6-61 - Licensing, Registration, etc., Staggered - Registration Month; Expiration and Renewal; Proration; Reregistration of Vehicles.

Section 32-6-61Licensing, registration, etc., staggered - Registration month; expiration and renewal; proration; reregistration of vehicles. The staggered system for the licensing, registration, and taxation of motor vehicles shall be implemented thusly: The first letter of an individual's last name shall determine the month in which a vehicle owner shall register his or her vehicle(s), as indicated below: January ....A, DFebruary ....BMarch ....C, EApril ....F, G, NMay ....H, OJune ....M, IJuly ....P, LAugust ....J, K, RSeptember ....Q, S, TOctober ....U, V, W, X, Y, Z, trucks, commercial and fleet vehiclesNovember ....Trucks, commercial and fleet vehicles After the conversion period all owners of private passenger vehicles and pickup trucks of 12,000 pounds and under shall continue to register their vehicles during the month assigned to the first initial of their last name. All license plates issued on a staggered registration basis shall expire on the last day of the month assigned for the purchase or renewal of license registration. All license plates issued to commercial and fleet vehicles for which licensing, registration, and taxation are due in October and November shall expire on November 30. During the implementation period and thereafter all licensing, registration, and ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles shall be prorated on a monthly basis, except that the special or additional license plate fees provided in Division 6, commencing with Section 32-6-150, of this chapter shall not be prorated. In implementing this change of expiration dates, registration fees and ad valorem taxes shall be collected for periods not exceeding 12 months. Anyone acquiring a motor vehicle during his or her designated renewal month shall be subject to the payment of registration fees and ad valorem taxes for the current renewal period, and the renewal period beginning on the first day of the succeeding month. All persons who acquire a motor vehicle which is located in this state and required to be registered in this state, within 20 calendar days from date of purchase, shall reregister the vehicle with the judge of probate or other county official authorized and required by law to issue license plates, of the county in which the owner resides, if the owner is an individual, or of the county in which the motor vehicle is used or operated if the owner is a firm, corporation, or association. The owner shall be issued a new registration receipt and purchase a license plate or validation decal(s) to the appropriate month assigned for renewal. (Acts 1979, No. 79-797, p. 1455, §2; Acts 1980, No. 80-631, p. 1091; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-808, p. 248, §1; Act 2004-529, p. 1106, §1; Act 2004-554, p. 1192, §1.)
AL Code § 32-6-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 6 - Licenses and Registration.|Article 2 - License Tags and Plates.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Division 2 - Licensing, Registration and Taxation on Staggered Basis.|Section 32-6-62 - Validity Periods for License Plates.

Section 32-6-62Validity periods for license plates. (a) Subject to subsection (b), all motor vehicle license plate designs shall be valid for not less than five years. The Commissioner of Revenue, with the approval of the License Plates Legislative Oversight Committee established by Section 32-6-67, may authorize a license plate design to be valid for more than five years. (b) Subsection (a) shall not affect any law which designates a license plate design to be permanent. (Acts 1979, No. 79-797, p. 1455, §3; Act 2006-276, p. 482, §1; Act 2012-416, p. 1128, §1.)