SB44 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, the Legislature has delegated its legislative authority relating to charges for photo driver's licenses and photo nondriver identification cards to the Department of Public Safety, now a part of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, subject to certain standards provided in the law

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency increased various fees for the licenses effective February 9, 2015, without following the rulemaking procedures of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act

This bill would specify that setting any charge to the public for issuing the driver's licenses or cards would be subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would also specify that this action is declaratory of existing law and would be retroactive to February 9, 2015

The bill would also require the department to credit any person who paid the increased fee with the difference in the amount of the increased fee for the obtained licenses prior to the increase

To amend Section 32-6-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to photo driver's licenses and photo nondriver identification cards; to specify that any action setting the fees under the section would be subject to rulemaking under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act; to provide that this act is declaratory of existing law; and to provide that this act is retroactive and for a credit to persons obtaining licenses based on the increased fees under certain conditions.