2015 Mississippi Code
Title 27 - TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 19 - MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE AND EXCISE TAXES
Article 1 - MOTOR VEHICLE PRIVILEGE TAXES
§ 27-19-5627 - Special license tags or plates; Mississippi seafood industry supporter

(1) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2011, any owner of a motor vehicle, upon complying with the motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of the road and bridge privilege taxes, ad valorem taxes and registration fees as prescribed by law for private carriers of passengers, pickup trucks and other noncommercial motor vehicles, and upon payment of an additional annual fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars ($ 30.00), shall be issued a special license tag for any motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Mississippi seafood industry and displaying one (1) of two (2) emblems designed by the Department of Marine Resources, subject to the guidelines of the Department of Revenue.

(2) The distinctive license tag shall be of such color and design as the Department of Revenue, with the advice of the Department of Marine Resources, may prescribe and shall consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.

(3) Application for the special license tags shall be made to the county tax collector on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application and the additional fee, less five percent (5%) thereof to be retained by the tax collector, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue on a monthly basis as prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the county general fund.

(4) The special license tag shall be issued for a one-year period. The additional annual fee shall be due and payable at the time of renewal registration.

(5) The Department of Revenue shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day received. At the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify the total fees collected under this section to the State Treasurer who shall distribute such collections as follows:

(a) Twenty-four Dollars ($ 24.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags issued pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Seafood Marketing Program Account in the Seafood Fund created pursuant to Section 49-15-17.

(b) One Dollar ($ 1.00) of each additional fee collected on special license tags shall be deposited into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created pursuant to Section 7-9-70.

(c) The remainder of each such additional fee shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.

(6) In the case of loss or theft of a distinctive license tag issued under this section, the owner may make application and affidavit for a replacement distinctive license tag as provided by Section 27-19-37. The fee for a replacement distinctive license tag shall be Ten Dollars ($ 10.00). The tax collector receiving such application and affidavit shall be entitled to retain and deposit into the county general fund five percent (5%) of the fee for such replacement license tag and the remainder shall be distributed in the same manner as funds from the sale of regular distinctive license tags issued under this section.

(7) In order for a distinctive license tag displaying either of the emblems described in subsection (1) of this section to be issued under this section, the provisions of Section 27-19-44(3) must be satisfied for the distinctive license tag displaying such emblem before July 1, 2017.