Senate Bill 2743

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-44.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2.00 FOR ANY DISTINCTIVE OR SPECIAL LICENSE TAG OR PLATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE ADDITIONAL FEE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 27-19-44.4, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

27-19-44.4. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with any registration year commencing on or after January 1, 2004, an additional fee of One Dollar ($1.00) is imposed for any distinctive or special license tag or plate authorized under this chapter regardless of whether such a distinctive or special license tag or plate was authorized before or after July 1, 2003. The proceeds collected from the additional fee imposed under this section shall be deposited into the special fund created under Section 27-19-56.69(8).

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with any registration year commencing on or after January 1, 2019, an additional fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) is imposed for any distinctive or special license tag or plate authorized under this chapter regardless of whether such a distinctive or special license tag or plate was authorized before or after July 1, 2018. The proceeds collected from the additional fee imposed under this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created under Section 7-9-70.

( * * *23) The * * *~~fee~~ fees imposed under this section shall be in addition to any other * * *~~fee~~ fees imposed under this chapter for a distinctive or special license tag or plate.

( * * *34) The provisions of this section shall not apply to distinctive or special license tags or plates:

(a) Which are issued under Section 27-19-46, 27-19-51, 27-19-53, 27-19-54, 27-19-56.5, 27-19-56.12, 27-19-56.13, 27-19-56.33, 27-19-56.36, 27-19-56.38, 27-19-56.42, 27-19-56.48, 27-19-56.49, 27-19-56.50, 27-19-56.51, 27-19-56.62, 27-19-56.79, 27-19-56.85 or 27-19-169; or

(b) For which no additional fee is required to be paid.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.