NUMB:
970822
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 3
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. PRATT
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to a municipal vehicle registration fee.
SECS:
304-26 cr
ANLS:
- Analysis -
Beginning April 1, 1998, this ordinance imposes a $5 annual municipal vehicle registration fee ("MVR fee") on every motor vehicle registered in Wisconsin and customarily kept in Milwaukee. The MVR fee applies to automobiles, station wagons and trucks whose gross weight is not more than 8,000 pounds. The local MVR fee is in addition to state registration fees.
Vehicles which are exempt from state registration fees or which pay a special state fee of $5 are exempt from the MVR fee. Also, no local MVR fee shall be imposed on a vehicle which replaces a vehicle for which a current Milwaukee MVR fee has been paid.
The ordinance provides that MVR fee revenues shall be expended for the city paving program or other local surface transportation costs so as to reduce the need for property tax revenues.
The city clerk is directed to notify the state department of transportation that the city of Milwaukee has enacted a municipal vehicle registration fee.
BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 304-26 of the code is created to read:
304-26. Municipal Vehicle Registration Fee. 1. DEFINITION. In this section, "motor vehicle" means an automobile or station wagon or motor truck registered under s. 341.25(1)(c), Wis. Stats., at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds.
2. VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE. A municipal vehicle registration fee is imposed on every motor vehicle registered in Wisconsin and customarily kept in the city of Milwaukee. The amount of the fee is $5 annually. The municipal vehicle registration fee is in addition to state registration fees.
3. EXEMPTIONS. The following vehicles are exempt from the municipal vehicle registration fee:
a. All vehicles exempted under ch. 341, Wis. Stats., from payment of a state vehicle registration fee.
b. All vehicles registered by the state under s. 341.26, Wis. Stats., for a fee of $5.
4. REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. No vehicle registration fee shall be imposed on a motor vehicle which is a replacement for a motor vehicle for which a current Milwaukee municipal vehicle registration fee has been paid.
5. REVENUES. Revenues collected under this section shall be expended for the city paving program or other city transportation infrastructure costs so as to reduce property tax revenues needed for these projects.
Part 2. This section takes effect April 1, 1998.
Part 3. Upon passage and publication of this ordinance, the city clerk is directed to notify the state department of transportation that the city of Milwaukee has enacted a municipal vehicle registration fee ordinance and the amount of the fee.
LRB:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
CATT:
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
___________________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: _____________________
ZDPT:
DFTR:
LRB97506.4
CAW
11/4/97