Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-117-15) › Chapter 19 - MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE AND EXCISE TAXES (§§ 27-19-1 — 27-19-NEW) › Article 1 - MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE TAXES (§§ 27-19-1 — 27-19-179) › Section 27-19-56.14 - Special license tags or plates; Grand Lodge of Mississippi members, their widows and children of deceased members

(1)
Any owner of a motor vehicle or motorcycle, or both, who is (a) a member of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Free and Accepted Masons, his wife, daughter, mother, sister or widow, or (b) a person approved by a Master Mason in good standing with the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, Free and Accepted Masons, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and 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 annual fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($30.00), shall be entitled to a special motor vehicle license tag or motorcycle license tag, as applicable, which displays the Freemason emblem and displays the words "Grand Lodge of Mississippi."
(2)
The tags shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue shall prescribe subject to the approval of the Mississippi License Tag Commission.
(3)
Application for the special license tags shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. Applicants for such distinctive license tags shall present to the issuing official documentation from the Grand Lodge of Mississippi as prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee, less five percent (5%) 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.
(4)
The special license tag shall be issued for a one-year period. The additional annual fee shall be due and payable at the time of renewal registration.
(5)
The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day received. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify the total fees collected under this section to the State Treasurer who shall distribute such collections as follows:
(a)
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury to the credit of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. The funds shall be available for expenditure at the discretion of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi.
(b)
The remainder of each such additional fee shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.
Laws, 1998, ch. 518, § 2; Laws, 2004, ch. 559, § 22; Laws, 2005, ch. 532, § 4; Laws, 2006, ch. 540, § 28; Laws, 2012, ch. 534, § 39, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 483, SB 2472, 31, eff. 7/1/2014.