In addition to all of the taxes and fees prescribed by law, motor carriers shall pay to the commission under the provisions of this chapter the following:
(1) Every application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount of $100.00.
(2) Every application for an amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by an application fee of $100.00.
(3) Every application for transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00.
(4) Every application for approval of a lease of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a period of more than six months shall be accompanied by a fee of $10.00.
(5)a. For every motor vehicle to be used by a motor carrier on the highways of the State of Alabama there shall be paid a registration fee in the amount of $6.00, and the commission is given authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of an appropriate or distinguishing number for each such motor vehicle upon which the registration fee prescribed by this chapter shall have been paid and such registration or distinguishing number shall remain with the motor vehicle for which it was issued and shall be nontransferable.
b. The registration fee for tour buses, as defined in Section 40-19-1(10), shall be paid pursuant to Section 40-17-150(e).
c. It shall be unlawful for a motor vehicle to be operated on the highways of this state without having conspicuously displayed on its sides a registration or distinguishing number prescribed and issued for the vehicle by the commission under this chapter.
d. Of such registration fee, $1.00 shall be paid into the State Treasury in the motor carrier fund as provided in this section. The remaining portion of this fee shall be paid over to the treasurer and shall be held in the commission's operating fund, and shall be paid out by the treasurer in payment of expenses incurred by the commission in the regulation of motor carriers upon warrants drawn as provided by law upon the treasurer and approved as required by law.
The commission may negotiate and enter into written reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the payment of these fees.
All tax penalties, fees, and allowances collected under this chapter, except those registration fees in excess of $1.00 collected under subsection (5) above shall be paid into the State Treasury within 30 days after their receipt and shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds by the state treasury in a fund to be known as the "motor carrier fund".
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.
Section 37-3-3 - Applicability of Chapter to Interstate Commerce.
Section 37-3-6 - Proprietary or Property Rights in Use of Highways Not Conferred by Chapter.
Section 37-3-7 - Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.
Section 37-3-8 - Commission Members Not to Have Pecuniary Interest, etc., in Carriers or Brokers.
Section 37-3-9 - Disposition of Matters Requiring Hearing.
Section 37-3-11 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.
Section 37-3-12.1 - Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.
Section 37-3-13 - Contract Carrier Permits - Generally.
Section 37-3-14 - Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.
Section 37-3-15 - Licensing and Regulation of Brokers.
Section 37-3-17 - Transfer of Certificates or Permits.
Section 37-3-18 - Bond or Other Security.
Section 37-3-20 - Tariffs of Common Carriers.
Section 37-3-22 - Accounts, Records and Reports.
Section 37-3-23 - Bills of Lading.
Section 37-3-23.1 - Unenforceability of Certain Motor Vehicle Transportation Contract Provisions.
Section 37-3-24 - Effective Date of Commission Orders.
Section 37-3-25 - Penalties for Violations.
Section 37-3-26 - Collection of Rates and Charges.
Section 37-3-30 - Additional Compensation of Commission Members.
Section 37-3-31 - Appropriation.
Section 37-3-32.1 - Administration of Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
Section 37-3-33 - Municipal Privilege License Fees or Taxes.