License fees and term; disposition of funds.

(a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of issuing commercial drivers' license, the judge of probate or license commissioner shall collect for each Class A commercial driver license the sum of fifty dollars ($50); the sum of forty dollars ($40) for each Class B commercial driver license; and the sum of twenty dollars ($20) for each Class C commercial driver license and commercial driver license learner's permit. The fee for any school bus driver license shall be twenty dollars ($20) and the license shall be restricted to the operation of a school bus and noncommercial vehicle. These licenses shall be issued for a period of four years, except a commercial driver license learner's permit which shall be issued for a period of one year.

(b) The additional revenue from the additional fees collected pursuant to this section, as amended by Act 2004-521, shall be deposited in the Highway Traffic Safety Fund of the Department of Public Safety.

(Acts 1989, No. 89-878, p. 1759, §19; Acts 1990, No. 90-577, p. 982; Act 2004-521, p. 1060, §1.)