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-HB79 INTRODUCED
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-HB79
-QNLIC55-1
-By Representative Crawford
-RFD: Ways and Means General Fund
-First Read: 13-Jan-26
-PFD: 17-Dec-25
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-QNLIC55-1 07/15/2025 MF (F)MF 2025-2265
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-PFD: 17-Dec-25
-SYNOPSIS:
-Current law provides for a vessel registration
-fee in an amount based on length of the vessel, as well
-as an additional fixed registration fee of $5 per
-vessel.
-This bill would consolidate these fees and
-provide for the distribution of these fees.
-This bill would also  make nonsubstantive,
-technical revisions to update the existing code
-language to current style
-A BILL
-TO BE ENTITLED
-AN ACT
-Relating to vessel registration; to amend Sections
-33-5-10, 33-5-13, 33-5-14, and 33-5-17, Code of Alabama 1975,
-relating to the registration of vessels, to provide for
-registration fees and the distribution of those fees; and to
-make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
-existing code language to current style.
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
-Section 1.  Sections 33-5-10, 33-5-13, 33-5-14, and
-33-5-17, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
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-33-5-17, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
-"§33-5-10
-(a)(1) The secretary shall issue annual certificates of
-registration directly and shall authorize all judges of
-probate in the state or any other official in the state who is
-presently authorized to issue automobile motor vehicle license
-plates to issue annual certificates of registration and
-numbers  in connection therewith .
-(2) In conformity with this article and any rules
-adopted by the secretary, the secretary shall assign  to each
-issuing officer in the county  a block of numbers and
-certificates to each issuing officer in the county which upon
-issue, . theThe issuing officer shall be allowed may collect  a
-fee of two dollars ($2) for each certificate issued by him or
-her. In counties where the judge of probate or issuing officer
-is on the fee system, the issuing fee shall be retained by the
-judge of probate, and, in counties where the issuing officer
-or judge of probate is on a salary basis, the fee shall be
-paid to the county treasury. The issuance fee shall be in
-addition to the amount of the boat vessel registration fee
-provided in Section 33-5-17 .
-(b) All registration money monies collected from the
-registration of vessels , except the two dollar ($2) issuance
-fee allowed under subsection subdivision  (a) (2), shall be
-remitted monthly to ALEA not later than 10 days after the
-first of each month. The secretary shall remit the
-registration money these funds  to the State Treasurer Treasury
-to be deposited in the State Water Safety Fund as provided in
-subsection (c) .
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-subsection (c) .
-(c)(1) Five dollars ($5) from each registration fee
-provided in Section 33-5-17(a)(2)(i) through (iv) shall be
-remitted monthly to the State Treasury and deposited into the
-State Reservoir Management Grant Fund, established in Section
-9-2-170, not later than 10 days after the first of each month.
-(2) Unless otherwise provided by law, the remainder of
-the monies collected pursuant to this article, excluding the
-issuance fee provided in subsection (a) and the distribution
-provided in subdivision (c)(1), shall be remitted monthly to
-the State Treasury and deposited in the State Water Safety
-Fund.
-(3) All monies received out of the sale of
-licenses collected from the registrations of vessels and
-deposited in the State Water Safety Fund  under this article
-may be used by the secretary for all purposes reasonably
-necessary in the cost of administration of this article,
-including the printing of certificates of registration,
-postage and transportation charges, clerical, personnel,
-equipment purchases, salaries, and other expenses for each
-year; except, that no funds collected under this article may
-be used to supplement or pay the salaries of any law
-enforcement officers other than those hired specifically for
-the purposes of administering this article. The secretary
-shall expend the monies appropriated to the Marine Patrol
-Division as the secretary deems necessary and appropriate;
-provided, however, that the appropriations may be expended
-only for the purposes designated by the Legislature and in the
-amounts provided therefor in the general appropriation bill
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-amounts provided therefor in the general appropriation bill
-and shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Article
-4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. It is the intent of the
-Legislature that the agency utilize existing personnel and
-equipment of the agency and of the sheriffs of this state to
-the maximum possible extent in enforcing and administering
-this article, to the end that there be no costly duplication
-of services."
-"§33-5-13
-(a) Every Except as provided in subsection (b), each
-certificate of registration and license as provided for in
-this article is to shall be issued on a yearly basis and said
-certificate and license shall be valid for one issuing year
-only  as provided in this article .
-(b) The registration of vessels shall be on a staggered
-basis. To implement this article, the registration of vessels
-may be for periods of less than or greater than 12 months
-during the conversion year only The initial certificate of
-registration may be issued in any month and for a period less
-than one year .
-(c) The staggered system for registration of vessels
-shall be implemented thusly: The first letter of an
-individual's last name shall determine the month in which a A
-vessel owner shall register renew the registration of  his  or
-her vessel(s) , as indicated below  during the month assigned to
-the first letter of the vessel owner's last name, as follows :
-January.................................A,D
-February..............................B
-March...................................C, E
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-March...................................C, E
-April......................................F, G, N
-May.......................................H, O
-June......................................M, I
-July........................................P, L
-August.................................J, K, R
-September.........................Q, S, T
-October...............................U, V, W, X, Y, Z,
-to include livery boats, dealers, and manufacturers
-January: A, D
-February: B
-March: C, E
-April: F, G, N
-May: H, O
-June: M, I
-July: P, L
-August: J, K, R
-September: Q, S, T
-October: U, V, W, X, Y, Z, to include livery boats,
-dealers, and manufacturers
-(d)After the conversion period all owners of vessels
-shall continue to register their vessels during the month
-assigned to the first initial of their last name.  All
-registrations issued on a staggered basis shall expire on the
-last day of the month which that  precedes the registration
-month assigned for the purchase or renewal of
-registration provided in subsection (c) . All registrations
-issued to vessels for which registration is due in October and
-November shall expire on September 30. "
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-November shall expire on September 30. "
-"§33-5-14
-(a) The description of the vessel of a manufacturer or
-dealer shall be omitted from the certificate of registration
-since the number awarded may be used on different vessels at
-different times. In lieu of the vessel's description, the word
-"manufacturer" or "dealer," as appropriate, shall be plainly
-marked on each certificate  of registration .
-(b) The manufacturer or dealer may have the number
-awarded printed upon or attached to a removable sign or signs
-to be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached to the
-vessel being demonstrated or tested so long as if the display
-meets the requirements of this article.
-(c) A certificate of registration and the corresponding
-number issued pursuant to this section may only be used for
-vessels being demonstrated or tested. "
-"§33-5-17
-(a)(1) Vessels subject to this article , including
-livery boats,  shall be classified  as provided in subdivision
-(2). according to the following schedule and annual fees
-charged by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency for
-registration shall be in the following amounts
-(2) The amount of the vessel registration fee for each
-class is established as follows :
-(i) CLASS 1. Vessels Less less  than 16 feet in length ,:
-eighteen twenty-three  dollars ($18) ($23)  plus a two dollar ($2)
-issuance fee .
-(ii) CLASS 2. Vessels Sixteen 16 feet or over and less
-than 26 feet in length ,: twenty-three twenty-eight  dollars
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-than 26 feet in length ,: twenty-three twenty-eight  dollars
-($23) ($28)  plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee .
-(iii) CLASS 3. Vessels Twenty-six 26 feet or over and
-less than 40 feet in length ,: seventy-three seventy-eight
-dollars ($73) ($78)  plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee .
-(iv) CLASS 4. Vessels Forty 40 feet or over in length ,:
-ninety-eight one hundred three  dollars ($98) ($103)  plus a two
-dollar ($2) issuance fee .
-The above stated fees shall also apply to livery boats.
-(v) CLASS 5. Dealer or manufacturer  vessels ;: temporary
-license,  twenty-three dollars ($23)  plus a two dollar ($2)
-issuance fee for each license .
-(3) The issuance fee provided in Section 33-5-10(a)
-shall be in addition to the vessel registration fee provided
-in subdivision (2).
-(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, there shall be
-anAn inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) is
-established for all homemade boats which require a hull
-identification number.  This fee shall be in addition to any
-other fee provided by law.
-(c) In addition to the foregoing fees, there shall be
-an additional registration fee of five dollars ($5) for every
-Class 1 through 4 vessel registered. All monies received from
-the additional registration fee provided under this subsection
-shall be remitted monthly to the State Treasurer to be
-deposited into the State Reservoir Management Grant Fund not
-later than 10 days after the first of each month. "
-Section 2.  This act shall become effective on January
-1, 2027.
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+FISCAL NOTE
+House Bill 79
+Committee: Ways and Means General Fund Sponsor: Representative Danny Crawford
+Analyst: Mathieu Fuller Date: 12/22/2025
+House Bill 79 as introduced would combine the existing vessel registration fees that are based
+on length and the existing additional $5 registration fee into a single fee. However, this bill
+would not affect the distributions to the State Reservoir Management Grant Fund or the State
+Water Safety Fund.