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Relating to the automatic reduction of registration fees for motor vehicles of a certain age, and including effective date provisions
Topics:TaxesTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law changes how much people pay to register their cars based on how old the vehicle is. It returns the rules for automatic fee discounts to the way they were before 2009. While most older cars will have a set registration fee of $35, certain antique vehicles owned by the same person for a long time may qualify for lower rates.1
Read the official explanation
In 2008, the general assembly amended the motor vehicle registration laws for purposes of increasing revenue to the transportation investment moves the economy in the 21st century fund, commonly referred to as the TIME-21 fund. This bill reverts portions of certain provisions relating to automatic reduction of motor vehicle registration fees back to the model year age thresholds and amounts that were in place before January 1, 2009. The bill applies the automatic reduction of percent to registration fees for motor vehicles more than five model years old. The bill applies the automatic reduction of percent to registration fees for motor vehicles more than six model years old. The bill does not strike the $50 minimum for such registration fees, which was enacted as part of the 2008 changes. The bill makes the annual registration fee for motor vehicles nine model years old or older $35, unless the vehicle is registered by the same owner as it was prior to January 1, 2009, pursuant to current law. If the motor vehicle is registered as an antique vehicle by the same owner as it was prior to January 1, 2009, the annual registration fee is $27 for a motor vehicle that is model year 1990 through 1993, $23 for a motor vehicle that is model year 1970 through 1989, and $16 for a motor vehicle that is model year 1969 or older. The bill takes effect January 1, 2022.