Bill Text: MS HB131 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance for public junior colleges and community colleges.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB131 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB131-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means
By: Representative Chism
House Bill 131
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REAUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS DISPLAYING THE EMBLEM OF A PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THIS STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-19-56.7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-19-56.7. (1) Beginning
with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, * * *
2014, owners of motor
vehicles 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 Fifty
Dollars ($50.00), shall be issued a special license tag which displays the
emblem of the public junior college or community college of his choice located
in this state.
(2) Each junior college and community college shall design the emblem which shall be displayed on the special license tag. The emblem shall be affixed during the production of the license tag.
(3) Application for the
special license tags shall be made to the county tax collector on forms
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) Thirty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($32.50) 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 public junior college or community college named on the special license tag. The funds shall be available for expenditure at the discretion of the public junior college or community college.
(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70.
(c) 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.
(6) In order for a license
tag for a community or junior college to be prepared and issued by the * * *
Department
of Revenue, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(2) shall be satisfied prior
to July 1, * * * 2017.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
