Bill Text: MS HB795 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Distinctive motorcycle license tag; authorize issuance to members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee [HB795 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB795-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means
By: Representative Denton
House Bill 795
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO MEMBERS OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTORCYCLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUCH PERSONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-19-56.67, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-19-56.67. (1) Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection (1), any owner of a motor vehicle or
motorcycle, or both, who is a resident of this state and who is a member or
supporter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 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 or motorcycle, or both, registered in his name
identifying such person as a member or supporter of such organization. From
and after July 1, 2004, only persons who are members of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity may apply for and receive a distinctive license tag authorized under
this section. The distinctive license tags so issued shall display the Greek
letters of the organization, shall be of such color and design as the * * * Department of Revenue
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 * * *State Tax Commission 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, 2002, 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 or motorcycle'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 the State Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
(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 tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.
