NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made:
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT
Relating to Pickens County; to authorize the Pickens County Commission to levy and provide for the collection of an additional vehicle license and registration fee on each vehicle license and registration, transfer, renewal, or replacement tag on any vehicle in the county; to provide for distribution of the proceeds from the fees to the county general fund to be used only to provide ambulance service in the county; and to provide a referendum on this act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) The Pickens County Commission may levy and provide for the collection of an additional vehicle license and registration issuance fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10) on each new registration, transfer, renewal, or replacement tag on any vehicle in the county. The judge of probate of the county shall collect the issuance fee on each new registration, transfer, renewal, or replacement tag on a vehicle in the county. The fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and other charges provided for the license and registration of a vehicle.
(b) The proceeds from the additional issuance fees upon collection shall be distributed on a monthly basis by the judge of probate to the general fund of the county to be earmarked and used only to provide ambulance service in the county.
Section 2. Section 1 of this act shall become operative only if approved by the qualified electors who reside within the county who vote in a referendum election to be held on the date of the first primary election in the county in 2026. The order setting the election shall be entered by the judge of probate. The notice of the election shall be given by the Judge of Probate of Pickens County, and the election shall be held, conducted, and the results canvassed in the manner prescribed by law. The question shall be, "Do you favor the adoption of Act of the 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature which authorizes the Pickens County Commission to levy an additional issuance fee on the issuance of each vehicle license and registration in Pickens County with the proceeds earmarked and used only to provide ambulance service in the county? Yes ( ) No ( )." If a majority of the votes shall votes 2025.
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