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H0582.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
MOTOR VEHICLES - OPERATING FEES - Amends existing law to provide an
exemption from motor vehicle operating fees for motor vehicles owned or
leased by any state registered nonprofit subscription fire protection unit.
02/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Crow, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander,
Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer,
Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor,
Tilman, Tippets, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cuddy, Jones(9), Pomeroy, Trail
Floor Sponsor - Kempton
Title apvd - to Senate
02/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/09 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Branch, Ipsen, Sweeney
Floor Sponsor - Danielson
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 104
Effective: 07/01/98
H0582|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 582 BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING FEES; AMENDING SECTION 3 49-426, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM OPERATING FEES FOR MOTOR 4 VEHICLES OWNED OR LEASED BY ANY STATE REGISTERED NONPROFIT SUBSCRIPTION 5 FIRE PROTECTION UNIT. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-426, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 49-426. EXEMPTIONS FROM OPERATING FEES. The provisions of this chapter 10 with respect to operating fees shall not apply to: 11 (1) Motor vehicles owned or leased by the United States, the state, a 12 city, a county, any department thereof, any political subdivision or municipal 13 corporation of the state, any taxing district of the state, any state 14 registered nonprofit subscription fire protection unit, or any organi- 15 zation, whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for the operation, 16 maintenance, or management of an irrigation project or irrigation works or 17 system or for the purpose of furnishing water to its members or shareholders, 18 but in other respects shall be applicable. 19 (2) Farm tractors, implements of husbandry, road rollers, wheel mounted 20 tar buckets, portable concrete and/or mortar mixers, wheel mounted compres- 21 sors, tow dollies, portable toilet trailers, street sweepers, and similar 22 devices as determined by the department which are temporarily operated or 23 moved upon the highways need not be registered under the provisions of this 24 chapter, nor shall implements of husbandry be considered towed units under 25 registration of vehicle combinations as defined in section 49-108(2), Idaho 26 Code. In addition, self-propelled wheelchairs, invalids' tricycles, and wheel- 27 chair conveyances operated by persons who by reason of physical disability are 28 otherwise unable to move about as pedestrians shall be exempt from registra- 29 tion requirements under the provisions of this chapter. Motorcycles and all- 30 terrain vehicles, as defined in section 67-7101, Idaho Code, need not be reg- 31 istered under the provisions of this chapter while being used exclusively in 32 connection with agricultural, horticultural, dairy and livestock growing and 33 feeding operations or used exclusively for snow removal purposes. Travel upon 34 the public highways shall be limited to travel between farm or ranch loca- 35 tions. Motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles used for this purpose shall meet 36 the requirements of section 49-619, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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This proposed legislation would place nonprofit subscription fire protection units in the same
category as fire districts and other taxing districts approved under section 49-426, Idaho Code,
for exemption of motor vehicle operating fees.
Subscription fire protection units are registered with the Office of the Secretary of State as
nonprofit organizations established for the purpose of rural fire protection. The number of
subscription fire protection units in the state is not tracked by any known state agency but a
rough estimate would be that there are fifteen or less such organizations.
Subscription fire protection units operate on very limited budgets and vehicle registration fees for
fire trucks may amount to more than 10% of the total operating budget. For insurance purposes,
fire protection offered by subscription fire protection units is effective in reducing residential
insurance costs to a distance of approximately 10 miles from the base location of the trucks.
FISCAL NOTE
There are 1,230 fire trucks registered statewide in the exempt plate program and 163 fire trucks
owned by individuals or other entities that are registered outside the current exempt plate
program. The sum total of registration fees collected in 1997 for nonexempt fire trucks in Idaho
was $6,675.20. Typically, registration fees for fire trucks less than 16,000 pounds is about $35.00
and for fire trucks under 26,000 pounds the fee is about $65.00. Assuming two 26,000 pound
trucks (10 wheelers) and one 16,00 pound truck per subscription unit, and fifteen units statewide,
the loss in Idaho Department of Transportation collections would be approximately $2,475.
CONTACT:
Representative Jim Kempton
332-1146
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
H 582