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     On page 3, after line 2 of the House engrossed bill, insert:

"      Section 4. That § 32-5-8 be amended to read as follows:

     32-5-8.   License fees and compensation for any recreational vehicle as defined in § 32-3-1 or for any noncommercial trailer and semitrailer, for use of the highways payable under § 32-5-5 and pulled by a noncommercial motor vehicle on which the license fees were paid pursuant to § 32-5-6, shall be determined upon the basis of their actual weight as follows:

             (1)      One thousand pounds or less, inclusive, ten fifteen dollars;

             (2)      From 1,001 to 2,000 pounds, inclusive, twenty twenty-five dollars;

             (3)      From 2,001 to 3,000 pounds, inclusive, thirty-five forty dollars;

             (4)      From 3,001 to 4,000 pounds, inclusive, forty-five fifty dollars;

             (5)      From 4,001 to 5,000 pounds, inclusive, fifty-five sixty dollars;

             (6)      From 5,001 to 6,000 pounds, inclusive, sixty-five seventy dollars;

             (7)      From 6,001 to 7,000 pounds, inclusive, seventy-five eighty dollars;

             (8)      From 7,001 to 8,000 pounds, inclusive, eighty-five ninety dollars;

             (9)      From 8,001 to 9,000 pounds, inclusive, ninety-five one hundred dollars;

             (10)      From 9,001 to 10,000 pounds, inclusive, one hundred five ten dollars;

             (11)      For each additional 1,000 pounds or major fraction thereof, in excess of 10,000 pounds, ten dollars.

     Any trailer or semitrailer licensed pursuant to this section may be pulled by a noncommercial motor vehicle licensed pursuant to § 32-5-8.1 or a commercially licensed motor vehicle if the motor vehicle is registered at a gross weight to cover the weight of the trailer and its load.

     Section 5. That § 32-6B-21 be amended to read as follows:

     32-6B-21.   The department shall issue metal numerical license plates to licensed dealers upon application and payment of a forty-two sixty-two dollar yearly fee to be paid at the time of the annual review date for each set desired. Such The fees shall be distributed in the manner specified in §§ 32- 11-2 and 32-11-4.1 to 32-11-9, inclusive. The license plates shall be numbered consecutively and shall bear as a prefix the number 77. The plates may be issued for a multiple year period. If a dealer's license is revoked or canceled or the dealer goes out of business the 77 plates shall be returned to the department. If any person operates a motor vehicle with 77 plates after the dealer license is revoked or canceled or after the dealer goes out of business, or if the person refuses to return the plates, the person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

     Section 6. That § 32-5-30 be amended to read as follows:

     32-5-30.   If any noncommercial motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's model year designation, is five seven years old or more on January first of the year for which a license fee is required, such fee shall be seventy seventy-five percent of the fee ordinarily prescribed.

     Section 7. That § 32-9-15 be amended to read as follows:

     32-9-15.   In consideration of the unusual use of the public highways, each person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, desiring to operate a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, upon the public highways of this state as a motor carrier, shall annually pay the commercial motor vehicle fee as follows, to the county treasurer of the county of which he the person is a resident, if a carrier of property; or to the Department of Revenue and Regulation, if he the person is not a resident of this state:

             (1)      Gross weight under 4000 pounds, eighty-five dollars;

             (2)      Gross weight of 4001 to 6000 pounds, one hundred dollars;

             (3)      Gross weight of 6001 to 8000 pounds, one hundred fifteen dollars;

             (4)      Gross weight of 8001 to 10,000 pounds, one hundred thirty dollars;

             (5)      Gross weight of 10,001 to 12,000 pounds, one hundred fifty dollars;

             (6)      Gross weight of 12,001 to 14,000 pounds, one hundred seventy-five dollars;

             (7)      Gross weight of 14,001 to 16,000 pounds, two hundred dollars;

             (8)      Gross weight of 16,001 to 18,000 pounds, two hundred twenty-five dollars;

             (9)      Gross weight of 18,001 to 20,000 pounds, two hundred fifty dollars;

             (10)      For each additional 2000 pounds or major fraction thereof in excess of 20,000 pounds, forty dollars . ;

             (11)      For each vehicle or combination of vehicles as defined in § 32-22-10 with a gross weight in excess of 78,000 pounds, seven dollars in addition to the fee schedule above.

     If any commercial motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's model year designation, is five years old or more on January first of the year for which a license fee is required, that fee is ninety percent of the fee ordinarily prescribed.

     Section 8. That § 10-47B-4 be amended to read as follows:

     10-47B-4.   The fuel excise tax rates for the tax imposed by this chapter are as follows:

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             (1)      Motor fuel (except ethanol blends, E85 and M85 blends ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol , and aviation gasoline)-- $.22 $.25 per gallon;

             (2)      Special fuel (except jet fuel)-- $.22 $.25 per gallon;

             (3)      Ethanol blends--$.20 per gallon;

             (4)      Aviation gasoline--$.06 per gallon;

             (5) (4)      Jet fuel--$.04 per gallon;

             (7)      E85 and M85 used in aircraft--$.04 per gallon;

             (8) (5)      Liquid petroleum gas-- $.20 $.23 per gallon;

             (9) (6)      Compressed natural gas-- $.10 $.13 per gallon ;

             (7)    Ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol--$.09 per gallon . ".