Number
060325
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
050443
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to a municipal motor vehicle registration fee.
Sections
304-26 cr
Analysis
This ordinance imposes a $20 annual municipal motor 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 deposited in an enterprise fund to be called the transportation fund. Revenues in the fund shall be used only to defray city costs for transportation related purposes which may include special assessments imposed upon property owners under the Milwaukee code. 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 $20 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; ENTERPRISE FUND. Revenues collected under this section shall be deposited in an enterprise fund to be called the transportation fund. Revenues in the fund shall be used only to defray city costs for transportation related purposes which may include special assessments imposed under s. 115-43.
Part 2. The city clerk is directed to notify within 10 days of passage and publication of this ordinance, the state department of transportation that the city of Milwaukee has enacted a municipal vehicle registration fee ordinance and the amount of the fee.
Part 3. This ordinance shall take effect 61 days after the city’s clerk notification of the state department of transportation pursuant to part 2.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:____________________
Drafter
LRB06325-3
JWC
6/23/06