§32-6-350.1. Issuance of distinctive tags; fees; legislative oversight.

(a) Upon payment of an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50), which shall not be prorated, any Vietnam veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor veteran, World War II veteran, Korean War veteran, Battle of the Bulge veteran, Desert Shield/Desert Storm veteran, veteran of the Armed Forces exposed to dangerous levels of radiation due to the atomic bomb and weapons testing from 1944 to 1962, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, or Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan veteran eligible to be issued distinctive license tags pursuant to law, shall be issued personalized license tags upon which, in lieu of the numbers and symbols on the distinctive veteran license tags or plates, shall be inscribed with special letters, figures, numbers, or other marks, emblems, symbols, or badges of distinction or personal prestige, or a combination of these, as are approved for and assigned to the application by the Department of Revenue.

(b) The personalized license tags provided for in this section shall be issued, printed, processed, and renewed in the same manner as other personalized tags in Section 32-6-150.

(c) Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted timely to the state Comptroller. After payment to the Department of Corrections for its costs for manufacturing and the administration of the personalized veteran license plates provided for by subsection (a), with the exception of fees collected for Vietnam veteran personalized plates, the entire balance of fees shall be transferred by the state Comptroller into the Alabama Veteran's Assistance Fund in the State Treasury. For each Vietnam veteran personalized plate, after payment to the Department of Corrections for its costs for manufacturing and the administration of the personalized Vietnam veteran license plates, twenty dollars ($20) for each plate sold shall be distributed to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Alabama State Council, to be used to assist Vietnam veterans, and the remaining balance shall be transferred by the state Comptroller into the Alabama Veteran's Assistance Fund in the State Treasury.

(d) Fees paid pursuant to this section are a charitable contribution from the purchaser to the Alabama Veteran's Assistance Fund.

(e) This section shall not affect the purchase of any veteran's tag that is not personalized.

(f) License tags issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to the legislative oversight committee pursuant to Section 32-6-67.

(Act 2006-388, p. 988, §1; Act 2009-623, p. 1886, §1.)