40-2-151. Annual license fees for operation of vehicles; fee for permanent licensing of certain trailers; fee for new passenger car with paid title ad valorem taxes.

The annual fees for the licensing of the operation of vehicles shall be as follows for each vehicle registered:#

1. (1)

   For each passenger motor vehicle not operated as a#

   1. common or contract carrier for hire .................... $20.00

2. (2)

   For each motorcycle or multipurpose off-highway#

   1. vehicle ......................................................... $20.00

3. (3)

   1. (A)

      For each private commercial motor vehicle in#

      1. accordance with the owner declared gross ve-

      2. hicle weight rating, as follows:

      3. (i)

         Less than 18,001 lbs. ........................... 25.00#

      4. (ii)

         18,001 to 26,000 lbs. ............................ 38.00#

      5. (iii)

         26,001 to 30,000 lbs. ............................ 45.00#

      6. (iv)

         30,001 to 36,000 lbs. ............................ 70.00#

      7. (v)

         36,001 to 44,000 lbs. ............................ 115.00#

      8. (vi)

         44,001 to 54,999 lbs. ............................ 190.00#

      9. (vii)

         55,000 to 63,280 lbs. ............................ 300.00#

      10. (viii)

          63,281 lbs. to maximum permitted .......... 400.00#

   2. (B)

      Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph notwith-#

      1. standing:

      2. (i)

         A straight truck which is not a truck-trac-#

         1. tor shall not be classified higher than

         2. $75.00;

      3. (ii)

         A straight truck hauling fertilizer or agri-#

         1. cultural products shall not be classified

         2. higher than $31.00; and

      4. (iii)

         A truck-tractor hauling fertilizer, milk, or#

         1. crops as defined in paragraph (7.1) of Code

         2. Section 1-3-3 shall not be classified higher

         3. than $220.00;

4. (4)

   For each farm truck ....................................... 20.00#

5. (5)

   Except as otherwise specifically provided in this#

   1. Code section, for each private trailer .................. 20.00

6. (6)

   1. (A)

      For each farm trailer including, but not limited#

      1. to, horse and cattle trailers, the maximum fee

      2. shall be $12.00.

   2. (B)

      There shall be no fee for trailers:#

      1. (i)

         Used exclusively to haul agricultural#

         1. products from one place on the farm to

         2. another or from one farm or field to

         3. another;

      2. (ii)

         With no springs which are being employed#

         1. in hauling unprocessed farm products to

         2. their market destination; and

      3. (iii)

         With no springs which are pulled from a#

         1. tongue and used primarily to transport

         2. fertilizer to the farm;

7. (7)

   For house trailers, auto trailers, and boat trailers,#

   1. whether pulled by a private automobile or a private

   2. truck, and not used as or in connection with a

   3. motor vehicle, truck, or tractor used as a common

   4. or contract carrier for hire ............................... 12.00

8. (8)

   For trailers used as or in connection with a motor#

   1. vehicle, truck, or tractor used as a common or

   2. contract carrier for hire ................................... 12.00

9. (9)

   For each motor bus or van-type vehicle used as a#

   1. common or contract carrier for hire in public

   2. transportation transporting passengers, the

   3. following:

   4. (A)

      Weighing 10,000 pounds or less, $1.90 per 100#

      1. pounds factory weight or fractional part of 100

      2. pounds factory weight;

   5. (B)

      Weighing more than 10,000 pounds and not#

      1. over 15,000 pounds factory weight, $2.75 for

      2. each 100 pounds or fractional part of 100

      3. pounds factory weight;

   6. (C)

      Weighing more than 15,000 pounds and not#

      1. more than 20,000 pounds factory weight, $3.45

      2. for each 100 pounds or fractional part of 100

      3. pounds factory weight; and

   7. (D)

      Weighing more than 20,000 pounds factory#

      1. weight, $3.75 for each 100 pounds or fractional

      2. part of 100 pounds factory weight. No motor

      3. bus license fee shall exceed $875.00;

10. (10)

    1. (A)

       For each commercial motor vehicle operated as#

       1. a common or contract carrier for hire in

       2. accordance with owner declared gross vehicle

       3. weight rating, as follows:

       4. (i)

          Less than 18,001 lbs. ........................... 25.00#

       5. (ii)

          18,001 to 26,000 lbs. ............................ 38.00#

       6. (iii)

          26,001 to 30,000 lbs. ............................ 85.00#

       7. (iv)

          30,001 to 36,000 lbs. ............................ 130.00#

       8. (v)

          36,001 to 44,000 lbs. ............................ 215.00#

       9. (vi)

          44,001 to 54,999 lbs. ............................ 365.00#

       10. (vii)

           55,000 to 63,280 lbs ............................ 575.00#

       11. (viii)

           63,281 lbs. to maximum permitted .......... 725.00#

    2. (B)

       Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph#

       1. notwithstanding, a straight truck which is not a

       2. truck-tractor shall not be classified higher than

       3. $150.00;

11. (11)

    For each commercial motor vehicle leased to a#

    1. common or contract carrier without regard to the

    2. duration of the lease and in accordance with the

    3. gross vehicle weight rating, the same license fees

    4. as required under paragraph (10) of this

    5. subsection;

12. (12)

    For each motor driven hearse or ambulance ......... 20.00#

13. (13)

    For each school bus operated exclusively in the#

    1. transportation of pupils and teachers to and from

    2. schools or school activities or in the transportation

    3. of the owner and the members of his immediate

    4. family, the sum of $20.00. A bus owned by a church

    5. or owned in common with other churches and used

    6. and operated exclusively for the church in

    7. transporting members and patrons to and from

    8. church or church activities, when no part of the

    9. proceeds of the operation of the bus inures to the

    10. benefit of any private person, shall be licensed for

    11. the sum of $20.00 in the same manner as school

    12. buses when the bus complies with the laws

    13. applicable to school buses;

14. (14)

    For each motor vehicle owned by the state or by a 1.00 political subdivision or municipality of the state .....#

15. (15)

    For each motor vehicle used by carriers and#

    1. operated under special franchise granted by the

    2. United States Department of Defense over a route

    3. of not more than 20 miles in length which is solely

    4. between a point in this state and a point within a 20.00 United States military reservation in this state .....

16. (16)

    Heavy earth-moving machinery, fertilizer#

    1. application equipment, and crop protection

    2. chemical application equipment, not including

    3. trucks, which are used primarily off the highway

    4. shall not be required to be licensed under this

    5. article;

17. (17)

    1. (A)

       Trucks transporting logs, pulpwood, or other#

       1. forest products shall be licensed in accordance

       2. with the following annual fees:

       3. (i)

          Straight trucks and truck-tractors pulling#

          1. a single pole trailer hauling logs from the 38.00 woods to the sawmill ...........................

       4. (ii)

          Other truck-tractors ............................ 220.00#

    2. (B)

       Skidders, tractors, and loaders used only in the#

       1. woods shall not be required to be licensed.

       2. Trucks and truck-tractors specified in

       3. subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be

       4. licensed in accordance with this paragraph even

       5. though the trucks or truck-tractors are also

       6. used to transport skidders, tractors, loaders,

       7. and other logging equipment. Trucks and

       8. truck-tractors specified in subparagraph (A) of

       9. this paragraph shall not be required to pay

       10. additional fees or obtain additional license

       11. plates in order to transport logging equipment

       12. owned by the owner of the trucks or

       13. truck-tractors;

18. (18)

    For each agricultural field use vehicle ................. 31.00#

19. (19)

    1. (A)

       1. (i)

          Upon registration of an alternative fueled#

          1. vehicle not operated for commercial 200.00 purposes ...........................................

       2. (ii)

          Upon registration of an alternative fueled#

          1. vehicle operated for commercial purposes 300.00 .......................................................

       3. (iii)

          Upon registration of an alternative fueled 100.00 vehicle that is a low-speed vehicle ...........#

    2. (B)

       1. (i)

          As used in this paragraph, the term#

          1. alternative fueled vehicle shall have the

          2. same meaning as in division (l)(7)(B)(ii) of

          3. Code Section 40-2-86.1; provided, however,

          4. that the fees in this paragraph shall not

          5. be assessed on vehicles which operate

          6. primarily on compressed natural gas,

          7. liquefied natural gas, or liquefied

          8. petroleum gas.

       2. (ii)

          The fees in this paragraph shall be in#

          1. addition to any other fee imposed on the

          2. vehicle by this Code section.

       3. (iii)

          The fees in this paragraph shall be#

          1. automatically adjusted on an annual basis

          2. by multiplying the percentage of increase

          3. or decrease in fuel efficiency from the

          4. previous year as measured by using the

          5. average of combined miles per gallon

          6. published in the United States

          7. Department of Energy Fuel Economy

          8. Guide against the current fee, and the

          9. resulting increase or decrease shall be

          10. added or subtracted from the fee. This

          11. preliminary fee adjustment shall then be

          12. multiplied by the increase or decrease in

          13. the Consumer Price Index percentage for

          14. the applicable year, and the result will be

          15. added or subtracted from the preliminary

          16. fee to produce the fee for the year. The

          17. first adjustment shall be calculated and

          18. implemented on July 1, 2016.

In lieu of the annual fee provided in paragraphs (6), (7) or (8) of subsection (a) of this Code section, the optional one-time fee for a permanent registration and license plate for:#

1. (1)

   Any trailer used as or in connection with a motor vehicle, truck, or tractor used as a common or contract carrier for hire, a private carrier, or a motor carrier of property; or#

2. (2)

   Any boat trailer, utility trailer, or noncommercial cattle and livestock trailer authorized to obtain a permanent registration and license plate under the provisions of Code Section 40-2-47 shall be $48.00.#

The fee for a new motor vehicle which is a passenger car for which the purchaser has paid state and local title ad valorem taxes and that is being registered as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-2-20 shall be $40.00 for the two-year registration period.#