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§249-31  State registration fee.  (a) All vehicles and motor vehicles in the State as defined in section 249-1,including antique motor vehicles, except as otherwise provided in sections249-4 and 249-6, shall be subject to a $25 annual vehicle registration fee. The fee shall become due and payable on January 1, and shall be paid beforeApril 1 in each year together with all other taxes and fees levied by thischapter; provided that should any county elect to renew motor vehicle registrationson a staggered basis as authorized by section 286-51, the state registrationfor that county shall likewise be staggered so that the state registration feeis due and payable at the same time and shall be collected together with thecounty fee.  The state registration fee shall be deemed delinquent if not paidwith the county registration fee.  The respective counties shall collect thisfee together with the vehicle registration tax collected for the county andshall transfer the moneys collected under this section to the State.

(b)  From each annual motor vehicleregistration fee, the director shall deposit $20 into the state highway fundand $5 into the emergency medical services special fund. [L 1976, c 188, pt of§3; am L 1978, c 159, §2; am L 1981, c 50, §2; am L 1985, c 239, §2; am L 1991,c 263, §12; am L 2004, c 158, §3; am L 2005, c 22, §7]

 

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  Emergency medical services special fund, see §321-234.