In addition to all of the taxes and fees prescribed by law, motor carriers shall pay to the commission under the provisions of this chapter the following:

(1) Every application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit under this chapter shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount of $100.00.

(2) Every application for an amendment of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by an application fee of $100.00.

(3) Every application for transfer of a certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00.

(4) Every application for approval of a lease of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a period of more than six months shall be accompanied by a fee of $10.00.

(5)a. For every motor vehicle to be used by a motor carrier on the highways of the State of Alabama there shall be paid a registration fee in the amount of $6.00, and the commission is given authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the issuance of an appropriate or distinguishing number for each such motor vehicle upon which the registration fee prescribed by this chapter shall have been paid and such registration or distinguishing number shall remain with the motor vehicle for which it was issued and shall be nontransferable.

b. The registration fee for tour buses, as defined in Section 40-19-1(10), shall be paid pursuant to Section 40-17-150(e).

c. It shall be unlawful for a motor vehicle to be operated on the highways of this state without having conspicuously displayed on its sides a registration or distinguishing number prescribed and issued for the vehicle by the commission under this chapter.

d. Of such registration fee, $1.00 shall be paid into the State Treasury in the motor carrier fund as provided in this section. The remaining portion of this fee shall be paid over to the treasurer and shall be held in the commission's operating fund, and shall be paid out by the treasurer in payment of expenses incurred by the commission in the regulation of motor carriers upon warrants drawn as provided by law upon the treasurer and approved as required by law.

The commission may negotiate and enter into written reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the payment of these fees.

All tax penalties, fees, and allowances collected under this chapter, except those registration fees in excess of $1.00 collected under subsection (5) above shall be paid into the State Treasury within 30 days after their receipt and shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds by the state treasury in a fund to be known as the "motor carrier fund".