2006 Alabama Code - Section 32-6-272 — Preparation and issuance of plates or tags; lists of eligible fire fighters; additional fee; use of plates or tags.

The distinctive license plates here provided for shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Revenue and shall be issued through the judge of probate or license commissioner of the several counties of the state in like manner as are other motor vehicle license plates or tags and such officers shall be entitled to their regular fees for such service. The chief of each certified volunteer fire department and each federal fire department shall submit to the Alabama Forestry Commission by October 1 of each year a list of fire fighters from his department who are eligible for the distinctive license plate or tag. The Fire Fighters' Personnel Standards and Education Committee shall submit to the Alabama Forestry Commission by October 1 of each year a list of certified fire fighters who are members of paid or part-paid fire departments and who are eligible for such distinctive license plates or tags. The Forestry Commission shall submit to the probate judge or license commissioner of each county by December 1 of each year a list of the certified fire fighters in the county who are eligible for the distinctive license plate or tag under this division. Applicants for such distinctive plates shall present to the issuing official proof of their identification. If such applicant's name is on the list furnished by the Alabama Forestry Commission to the probate judge or license commissioner, the fire fighter shall be issued the requested number of distinctive license plates or tags upon the payment of the regular license fee for tags, as provided by law, but shall not be required to pay the $3.00 fee. The distinctive license plates or tags so issued shall be used only upon and for personally-owned, private, passenger vehicles (to include station wagons and pick-up trucks) registered in the name of the fire fighter making application therefor, and when so issued to such applicant shall be used upon the vehicle for which issued in lieu of the standard license plates or license tags normally issued for such vehicle.

(Acts 1982, No. 82-550, p. 909, §3; Acts 1986, No. 86-456, p. 833; Acts 1989, No. 89-944, p. 1857, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-579, p. 1066, §2.)