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SENATE BILL NO. 1165 – Snowmobile, nonresident operator

SENATE BILL NO. 1165

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S1165.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
SNOWMOBILES - Amends existing law to require that a snowmobile operated in
Idaho by a nonresident shall display an Idaho certificate of number or the
nonresident shall purchase a nonresident snowmobile user certificate.

02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/04    3rd rdg - PASSED - 26-5-4
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Davis, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King,
      McLaughlin, Noh, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--Darrington, Dunklin, Hawkins, Lee, Richardson
      Absent and excused--Crow, Danielson, Parry, Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Thorne
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Con
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/15    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 45-21-4
      AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Chase,
      Crow, Cuddy, Denney, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Hansen(29),
      Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz,
      Limbaugh, Linford, Mader, Marley, Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery,
      Mortensen, Moyle, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Sellman,
      Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann,
      Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Campbell, Clark, Deal, Ellsworth, Gagner,
      Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Loertscher, McKague, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Schaefer, Stoicheff, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Williams, Wood
      Absent and excused -- Black, Gould, Kempton, Lake
    Floor Sponsor - Denney
    Title apvd - to Senate - to enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/19    To Governor
03/26    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 368
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


S1165


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1165

                               BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO NONRESIDENT OPERATORS OF SNOWMOBILES IN  IDAHO;  AMENDING  SECTION
 3        67-7104,  IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT A SNOWMOBILE OPERATED BY A NONRESI-
 4        DENT SHALL DISPLAY AN IDAHO CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER OR THE NONRESIDENT SHALL
 5        PURCHASE  A  NONRESIDENT  SNOWMOBILE  USER  CERTIFICATE  AND   TO   DEFINE
 6        "NONRESIDENT."

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-7104, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 9    amended to read as follows:

10        67-7104.  NONRESIDENT.  (1)   The provisions  of  this  chapter
11    shall  not  apply  to  a nonresident, noncommercial owner who has a snowmobile
12    which is currently numbered or licensed by his  resident  state  or  province,
13    provided  that  the  resident state or province does not charge a snowmobiling
14    fee to Idaho residents. If a nonresident operates a snowmobile in  this  state
15    for  a  period  in excess of fifteen (15) consecutive days, the owner shall be
16    liable for and shall pay to the director or his agent the fee as  provided  in
17    section 67-7103, Idaho Code.
18          (2)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subsection (1) of this sec-
19    tion, all nonresident operators of snowmobiles used in Idaho shall comply with
20    one (1) of the following requirements:
21     
22         (a)  The snowmobile shall be registered in Idaho and the certificate
23        of number shall be displayed in the manner provided  in  section  67-7103,
24        Idaho Code; or
25     
26         (b)  The nonresident shall obtain a nonresident snowmobile user cer-
27        tificate  upon  payment of twenty dollars ($20.00)  and the certificate of
28        number shall be displayed in  the  same  manner  as  provided  in  section
29        67-7103, Idaho Code. Such certificates shall be valid beginning November 1
30        through  October  31 of the following year. Issuance and administration of
31        nonresident snowmobile user certificates shall be conducted  in  the  same
32        manner  as provided in section 67-7103, Idaho Code, for numbering of snow-
33        mobiles.
34        (3)  For purposes of this section, "nonresident" shall be  as  defined  in
35    section 36-202, Idaho Code. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS08992

This legislation provides that a snowmobile operated by a
nonresident shall display an Idaho certificate of number or the
nonresident shall purchase a nonresident snowmobile user
certificate.







                           FISCAL NOTE

No fiscal impact. The purchase of the certificates will cover
all expenses associated with this legislation.









CONTACT:  Sandra Mitchell
          (208) 424-3870
          
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE     S1165