Does anybody have the MS Scuba Diving Automobile Tag? I didn't see it when I registered my last vehicle..... It's not shown on the state website either....
Here is the legislative ruling....
§ 27-19-56.83. Special license tags or plates; Mississippi Scuba Diving Association, Inc. supporter.
(1) Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, 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 fee
in the amount provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be issued a distinctive license tag for any
motor vehicle registered in his name identifying such person as a supporter of the Mississippi Scuba Diving
Association, Inc. The distinctive license tags so issued shall be of such color and design as the State Tax
Commission, with the advice of the Mississippi Scuba Diving Association, Inc., may prescribe and shall
consist of such letters or numbers, or both, as may be necessary to distinguish each license tag.
(2) Application for the distinctive license tags authorized by this section shall be made to the county
tax collector on forms prescribed by the State Tax Commission. The application and the additional fee
imposed under subsection (3) of this section, less Two Dollars ($2.00) thereof to be retained by the tax
collector, shall be remitted to the State Tax Commission on a monthly basis as prescribed by the
commission. The portion of the additional fee retained by the tax collector shall be deposited into the
county general fund.
(3) Beginning with any registration year commencing on or after July 1, 2003, any person applying for
a distinctive license tag under this section shall pay an additional fee in the amount of Thirty Dollars
($30.00) for each distinctive license tag applied for under this section, which shall be in addition to all other
taxes and fees. The additional fee paid shall be for a period of time to run concurrent with the vehicle's
established license tag year. The additional fee is due and payable at the time the original application is
made for a distinctive license tag under this section and thereafter annually at the time of renewal
registration as long as the owner retains the distinctive license tag. If the owner does not wish to retain the
distinctive license tag, he must surrender it to the local county tax collector.
(4) The State Tax Commission shall deposit all fees into the State Treasury on the day collected. At
the end of each month, the State Tax Commission 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 distinctive license tags issued
pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the Mississippi Scuba Diving Association, Inc.
(b) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to
this section shall be deposited into the Mississippi Fire Fighter's Memorial Burn Center Fund created
pursuant to Section 7-9-70.
(c) Two Dollars ($2.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to
this section shall be deposited to the credit of the State Highway Fund to be expended solely for the
repair, maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways.
(d) One Dollar ($1.00) of each additional fee collected on distinctive license tags issued pursuant to
this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund created in Section 27-19-44.2.
(5) A regular license tag must be properly displayed as required by law until replaced by a distinctive
license tag under this section. The regular license tag must be surrendered to the tax collector upon issuance
of the distinctive license tag under this section. The tax collector shall issue up to two (2) license decals for
each distinctive license tag issued under this section, which will expire the same month and year as the
regular license tag.
(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 in 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.
Sources: Laws, 2003, ch. 529, § 27, eff from and after July 1, 2003.
