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S1463.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law to increase the operating fee for
commercial, noncommercial and farm vehicles registered between 8,001 pounds
and 16,000 pounds.
02/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/28 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02 3rd rdg - PASSED - 20-14-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Danielson, Deide, Dunklin,
Frasure, Geddes, Ingram, Keough, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Schroeder, Stegner, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS--Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Hawkins, Ipsen,
King-Barrutia, Lee, Parry, Sandy, Sorensen, Stennett, Walton,
Whitworth
Absent and excused--Crow
Floor Sponsor - Keough
Title apvd - to House
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 41-21-8
AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel, Cheirrett,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Gagner, Geddes,
Gould, Hadley, Hansen(23), Henbest, Jaquet, Judd, Kempton, Kendell,
Kunz, Linford, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Mortensen, Moss, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Ringo, Robison, Sellman, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
Stone, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Callister, Chase, Field(20), Hammond,
Hansen(29), Hornbeck, Jones, Loertscher, McKague, Montgomery, Moyle,
Pearce, Ridinger, Sali, Schaefer, Taylor, Tilman, Wheeler, Wood
Absent and excused -- Campbell, Clark, Kellogg, Lake, Reynolds,
Shepherd, Smith, Trail
Floor Sponsor - Pischner
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 To enrol
03/21 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/22 Sp signed
03/23 To Governor
03/28 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 62
Effective: 07/01/00
S1463
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1463
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO OPERATING FEES FOR COMMERCIAL, NONCOMMERCIAL AND FARM VEHICLES;
3 AMENDING SECTION 49-434, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR VEHICLES REG-
4 ISTERED BETWEEN EIGHT THOUSAND ONE POUNDS AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS AND
5 TO CORRECT CODIFIER'S ERRORS.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 49-434. OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all commercial vehi-
8 cles, noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
9 weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
10 fee in accordance with the following schedule.
11 Maximum Gross Weight Annual Reigstration Registration Fee
12 (Pounds) Noncommercial and Commercial
13 Farm Vehicles Vehicles
14 8,001-16,000 inc. .....................$ 31.0848.00 $ 30.6048.00
15 16,001-26,000 inc. ..................... 61.08 143.40
16 26,001-30,000 inc. ..................... 91.68 223.80
17 30,001-40,000 inc. ..................... 130.08 291.60
18 40,001-50,000 inc. ..................... 188.28 360.00
19 50,001-60,000 inc. ..................... 311.88 515.40
20 (2) There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of body
21 type, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
22 sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount of
23 one hundred twenty dollars ($120).
24 (3) In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
25 (a) Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
26 (b) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
27 pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
28 (c) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand (2,000)
29 pounds .............................................................$15.00
30 (4) As an option to the trailer and semitrailer annual registration, the
31 department may provide extended registration.
32 (a) For trailers and semitrailers, the optional extended-registration
33 period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
34 (b) The fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each year.
35 (c) The license plate originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
36 semitrailer until the registration expires.
37 (d) The registration document shall be the official record of the status
38 of the extended registration. No pressure-sensitive validation sticker
39 shall be required.
40 (e) For rental utility trailers, the optional registration period shall
41 not extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsec-
42 tion (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be
43 used to validate the license plate. The license plate shall become void if
44 the owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five
2
1 (5) year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on
2 the annual renewal application during the five (5) year period, the regis-
3 tration record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be returned to
4 the department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
5 (5) A fleet registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
6 five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
7 owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in lieu
8 of registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
9 operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must be
10 physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
11 tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
12 a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
13 mation that the department determines is necessary. The department shall
14 devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered vehicles
15 as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
16 and all subsequent registration renewals shall include the physical address
17 where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The fleet owner
18 shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
19 on each renewal, and at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
20 permanently transferred to another location.
21 (6) If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
22 the original owner may transfer the plate to another vehicle. The remaining
23 fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. No refunds
24 shall be given for any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if
25 the plate is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle. A license plate
26 shall not be transferred to another owner when the ownership of a vehicle
27 changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, validation sticker if
28 required, and a registration document when a plate is lost, destroyed or
29 becomes illegible.
30 (7) An administrative fee of four dollars ($4.00) shall be paid and
31 deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed by the
32 department under this section.
33 (8) In addition to the registration and license fees provided by subsec-
34 tions (1) and (2) of this section, there shall be paid on all commercial vehi-
35 cles having a maximum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000)
36 pounds, a use fee based upon the registered maximum gross weight in accordance
37 with the following schedule. The use fees shall be calculated by multiplying
38 the mills per mile, determined from the mills per mile schedule table, times
39 the reported mileage for the vehicle, subject to the provisions of this sec-
40 tion.
41 Maximum Gross
42 Weight of Vehicle Mills per Mile
43 (Pounds)
44 60,001-62,000 30.05
45 62,001-64,000 31.35
46 64,001-66,000 32.60
47 66,001-68,000 33.90
48 68,001-70,000 35.15
49 70,001-72,000 36.40
50 60,001-62,000 30.05
51 72,001-74,000 38.55
52 74,001-76,000 40.65
53 76,001-78,000 42.75
54 78,001-80,000 44.90
55 80,001-82,000 47.00
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1 Maximum Gross
2 Weight of Vehicle Mills per Mile
3 (Pounds)
4 82,001-84,000 49.10
5 84,001-86,000 51.20
6 86,001-88,000 53.30
7 88,001-90,000 55.40
8 90,001-92,000 57.50
9 92,001-94,000 59.60
10 94,001-96,000 61.70
11 96,001-98,000 63.80
12 98,001-100,000 65.90
13 100,001-102,000 68.00
14 102,001-104,000 70.10
15 104,001-106,000 72.20
16 For each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof in excess
17 of one hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds add 2.1 mills per mile.
18 (9) In addition to the registration and license fees of this section,
19 there shall be paid on all farm vehicles, and any commercial vehicle exclu-
20 sively engaged in the transportation of logs, pulp wood, stull, poles, piling,
21 rough lumber, ores, ore concentrates, sand and gravel aggregates in bulk,
22 livestock and vehicles used for the sole purpose of transporting milk from the
23 farm to processing plant, having a maximum gross weight in excess of sixty
24 thousand (60,000) pounds, a use fee in accordance with the following schedule.
25 The use fees shall be calculated by multiplying the mills per mile, determined
26 from the mills per mile schedule table, times the reported mileage for the
27 vehicle, subject to the provisions of this section.
28 Maximum Gross
29 Weight of Vehicle Mills per Mile
30 (Pounds)
31 60,001-62,000 22.45
32 62,001-64,000 22.45
33 64,001-66,000 22.45
34 66,001-68,000 22.45
35 68,001-70,000 22.45
36 70,001-72,000 22.45
37 72,001-74,000 22.45
38 74,001-76,000 22.45
39 76,001-78,000 22.45
40 78,001-80,000 22.45
41 80,001-82,000 24.55
42 82,001-84,000 26.65
43 84,001-86,000 28.75
44 86,001-88,000 30.85
45 60,001-62,000 22.45
46 88,001-90,000 32.95
47 90,001-92,000 35.05
48 92,001-94,000 37.15
49 94,001-96,000 39.25
50 96,001-98,000 41.35
51 98,001-100,000 43.45
52 100,001-102,000 45.55
53 102,001-104,000 47.65
54 104,001-106,000 49.75
55 For each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof in excess
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1 of one hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds add 2.1 mills per mile.
2 (10) If any vehicle, or combinations of vehicles move on the highways of
3 the state, and the vehicle or combination exceeds its registered maximum gross
4 weight there shall be paid for that vehicle, the fees provided for in either
5 subsection (8) or (9) of this section, as applicable, for the actual gross
6 weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles for the miles traveled at the
7 heavier weight.
8 (11) If any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
9 as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code, and weigh
10 less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
11 subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then and in that event there
12 shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
13 section, an additional use fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
14 (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess of
15 those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.
16 (12) Any owner operating vehicle combinations may apply to the department
17 for authority to report multiple weights and pay use fees based upon the maxi-
18 mum gross weight of each configuration in the combination being operated. The
19 owner shall declare a maximum gross weight for each configuration being oper-
20 ated but not more than three (3) maximum gross weights for a vehicle combina-
21 tion may be declared. Any owner who receives authority to report and pay use
22 fees at multiple maximum gross weights shall register the motor vehicle in a
23 combination at the highest maximum gross weight of the vehicle. Any owner who
24 reports vehicle combinations at multiple weights and fails to maintain records
25 and furnish said records to the department upon request which show the config-
26 uration of the combination of vehicles and the trailer and unit number for all
27 miles and trip segments traveled shall have all miles assessed at the highest
28 maximum gross weight of the combination of vehicles.
29 (13) An applicant for registration of a commercial vehicle, a noncommer-
30 cial vehicle or a farm vehicle shall set forth the maximum gross weight of the
31 vehicle or combination of vehicles and the applicant shall pay any annual reg-
32 istration fees and any annual license fees on trailers and semitrailers
33 required at the time he makes application for registration subject to the pro-
34 visions of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this section. No part of the
35 registration or license fees shall be subject to refund. The use fee payment
36 required shall be computed according to the schedule in either subsection (8)
37 or (9) of this section on the mileage operated over the highways of the state
38 of Idaho and the owner of any vehicle against which a use fee is assessed,
39 shall at the time of making his next quarterly report pay the use fee, if any,
40 for the three (3) calendar months immediately prior. In determining the mile-
41 age subject to the use fee, there shall be deducted the miles traveled on
42 roadways maintained with private funds by agreement with the public agency or
43 agencies having jurisdiction over them. In no event shall the total money
44 credited to the owner for the mileage exceed the actual cost of maintenance
45 expended by him.
46 (14) Any owner who operates or intends to operate non-Idaho based vehicles
47 in Idaho that are subject to the use fee required under the provisions of
48 this section shall apply for a use fee account before operating the vehicles
49 in Idaho. In lieu of establishing a use fee account the owner may purchase a
50 trip permit under the provisions of section 49-432 or 49-433, Idaho Code, as
51 applicable. The department shall develop rules to administer the use fee
52 account. Any owner who has not established a use fee account or has not pur-
53 chased a trip permit prior to operating in Idaho shall have committed an
54 infraction.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10104
The purpose of this legislation is to correct an inequity in current registration fee
structure. New vehicles registered for operation at 8,000 pounds maximum gross
vehicle weight or less must pay a registration of $48.00 per year, but if registered
in the higher weight category of 8,001 to 16,000 pounds, the fee is only $31.08 for
non-commercial and farm vehicles and $30.60 for commercial vehicles. This
legislation is based on the tenet that as weight categories increase, there should be
a commensurate and incremental registration fee to cover the additional impact on
the roadways.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation could generate $1,360,000 per year to the Highway Distribution
Account of which $517,000 would be distributed to local units of government,
$68,000 would be distributed to law enforcement and $775,000 would be
distributed to the State Highway Account.
CONTACT: Senator Shawn Keough
Phone: 332-1340
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE S 1463