§ 45-45-160 — Identifying Markings

(a) No later than 90 days after August 8, 1979, except for those motor vehicles used for investigatory purposes by the sheriff’s department, the district attorney’s office, and those motor vehicles assigned to elected officials for their use only, all motor vehicles owned by Madison County shall be marked for identification purposes with uniform county decals or stencils on the sides of the vehicles.
(b) Uniform county decals or stencils shall not be smaller than 140 square inches; shall be prominently and permanently affixed to each side of each county vehicle; and shall contain the phrase Madison County Vehicle on its top line, followed by the word District and the appropriate district numerical designation on its second line, followed by the name of the department to which the vehicle is assigned on its third line.
(c) The Madison County Commission shall be responsible for implementing this section and shall make all decisions regarding the format or pattern for the decals or stencils. However, no format or pattern shall be adopted other than that which would conform to subsection (b).
(d) Any elected official of the county who has been assigned a county owned vehicle that is not marked for identification as provided in this section shall be fined personally fifty dollars ($50) per day up to five hundred dollars ($500) for the violation. If the vehicle is not assigned to a specific individual then the elected officials of the department to which the vehicle has been assigned shall be fined personally fifty dollars ($50) a day up to five hundred dollars ($500) collectively. The money shall be deposited into the general fund of the county treasury.

Legislative History

(Act 79-746, p. 1322, §§ 1-4.)