(a) Notwithstanding Sections 32-6-64 and 32-6-67, upon application to the judge of probate or license commissioner, compliance with motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular fees required by law for license plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of an additional annual fee of fifty dollars ($50), owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued distinctive state parks license plates.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 32-6-700

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) These plates shall be valid for five years.
(c) Payment of required license fees and taxes for the years during which a new plate is not issued shall be evidenced as provided in Section 32-6-63.
(d) Officials from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall design the plate. The design shall be approved by the Department of Revenue and the Legislative Oversight Committee for License Plates prior to production. Section 32-6-54 shall not apply to the plate designed pursuant to this section.
(e) The plates shall be issued, printed, and processed like other distinctive and personalized plates provided for in this chapter.
(f) The net proceeds from the additional revenues derived from the sales of the distinctive motor vehicle license plates, less the fees as provided in Section 32-6-68, shall be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the use and benefit of the State Park System.
(g) In addition to any and all other funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated, for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017, and every year thereafter, there is appropriated to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the additional revenues as provided for by this section.