Section 32-6-611 Personalized Plates.

(a) Upon application to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing official, compliance with motor vehicle registration and licensing laws, payment of regular fees required by law for license tags or plates for private passenger or pleasure motor vehicles, and payment of the annual additional fee of fifty dollars ($50), which shall not be prorated, owners of motor vehicles who are residents of Alabama shall be issued personalized God Bless America license tags or plates upon which, in lieu of the numbers prescribed by law, shall be inscribed special letters, figures, numbers, or other marks, emblems, symbols, or badges of distinction or personal prestige or a combination of these as are approved for and assigned to the application by the Department of Revenue. (b) The personalized license tags or plates provided for in this section shall be issued, printed, processed, and renewed in the same manner as other personalized plates in Section 32-6-150. (c) Fees collected pursuant to this section, net the two and one-half percent commission to the judge of probate, license commissioner, or other issuing official and manufacturing costs to the Department of Corrections shall be transmitted timely to the state Comptroller. The balance of the funds shall be distributed to the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy and administered by the Citizenship Trust pursuant to Sections 16-44A-30 to 16-44A-36, inclusive.