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H0214.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
MOTOR VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL - Amends existing law to provide that motor
vehicles weighing in excess of sixty thousand pounds may pay the annual
registration in quarterly payments.
02/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones,
Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Raybould, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Swan, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bruneel, Callister, Ridinger
Floor Sponsor -- Wood
Title apvd - to Senate
02/20 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin,
Frasure, Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough,
King-Barrutia, Lee, Lodge, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder,
Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Williams
Floor Sponsor -- Keough
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/21 Pres signed - to Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 185
Effective: 10/01/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 214
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF SIXTY THOU-
3 SAND POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT; AMENDING SECTION 49-434, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 PROVIDE FOR QUARTERLY PAYMENTS OF THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE; AMENDING
5 SECTION 17, CHAPTER 418, LAWS OF 2000, TO DELETE LEGISLATIVE INTENT FOR
6 FULL PAYMENT OF THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE ON THE REGISTRATION FEE ONLY
7 SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION FOR REGIS-
8 TRATIONS AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATIONS OCCURRING ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 1,
9 2001; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12 amended to read as follows:
13 49-434. OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all commercial vehi-
14 cles, noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
15 weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
16 fee in accordance with the following schedule.
17 Maximum Gross Weight Annual Registration Fee
18 (Pounds) Noncommercial and Commercial
19 Farm Vehicles Vehicles
20 8,001-16,000 inc. .....................$ 48.00 $ 48.00
21 16,001-26,000 inc. ..................... 61.08 143.40
22 26,001-30,000 inc. ..................... 91.68 223.80
23 30,001-40,000 inc. ..................... 130.08 291.60
24 40,001-50,000 inc. ..................... 188.28 360.00
25 50,001-60,000 inc. ..................... 311.88 515.40
26 (2) There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of body
27 type, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
28 sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount pre-
29 scribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
30 (3) In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
31 (a) Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
32 (b) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
33 pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
34 (c) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand (2,000)
35 pounds .............................................................$15.00
36 (4) As an option to the trailer and semitrailer annual registration, the
37 department may provide extended registration.
38 (a) For trailers and semitrailers, the optional extended-registration
39 period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
40 (b) The fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each year.
41 (c) The license plate originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
42 semitrailer until the registration expires.
43 (d) The registration document shall be the official record of the status
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1 of the extended registration. No pressure-sensitive validation sticker
2 shall be required.
3 (e) For rental utility trailers, the optional registration period shall
4 not extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsec-
5 tion (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be
6 used to validate the license plate. The license plate shall become void if
7 the owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five
8 (5) year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on
9 the annual renewal application during the five (5) year period, the regis-
10 tration record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be returned to
11 the department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
12 (5) A fleet registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
13 five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
14 owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in lieu
15 of registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
16 operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must be
17 physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
18 tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
19 a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
20 mation that the department determines is necessary. The department shall
21 devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered vehicles
22 as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
23 and all subsequent registration renewals shall include the physical address
24 where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The fleet owner
25 shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
26 on each renewal, and at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
27 permanently transferred to another location.
28 (6) If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
29 the original owner may transfer the plate to another vehicle. The remaining
30 fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
31 given for any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
32 is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle. Any request for refund
33 shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
34 tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
35 tion plan may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho vehicle
36 registration fee by presenting evidence from the base jurisdiction that the
37 license plate, validation sticker and registration document have been surren-
38 dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
39 ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
40 dation sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is lost,
41 destroyed or becomes illegible.
42 (7) An administrative fee of four dollars ($4.00) shall be paid and
43 deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed by the
44 department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles registered
45 under subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided in section
46 49-435(2), Idaho Code.
47 (8) There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
48 imum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a registration
49 fee based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared by the owner
50 and the total number of miles driven on roads and highways in the state,
51 county, city and highway district systems in Idaho, and if registered under
52 the international registration plan (IRP), in all other jurisdictions. The
53 appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
54 (a) If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
55 plan (IRP), the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
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1 total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
2 the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and in all
3 other jurisdictions in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
4 Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross weight of each vehicle within a
5 fleet.
6 (b) If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
7 plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
8 miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in all jurisdic-
9 tions by the number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty thousand
10 one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of a
11 portion of the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee schedules
12 set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
13 the refund. An owner making application for refund under this section
14 shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
15 (c) If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
16 istration plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
17 total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to be registered on
18 roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
19 in Idaho in the preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of each
20 vehicle.
21 Maximum Gross
22 Weight of Vehicle Total Miles Driven
23 (Pounds)
24 1-7,500 7,501-50,000 Over 50,000
25 60,001-62,000 $210 $ 840 $1,400
26 62,001-64,000 240 960 1,600
27 64,001-66,000 270 1,080 1,800
28 66,001-68,000 300 1,200 2,000
29 68,001-70,000 330 1,320 2,200
30 70,001-72,000 360 1,440 2,400
31 72,001-74,000 390 1,560 2,600
32 74,001-76,000 420 1,680 2,800
33 76,001-78,000 450 1,800 3,000
34 78,001-80,000 480 1,920 3,200
35 80,001-82,000 495 1,980 3,300
36 82,001-84,000 510 2,040 3,400
37 84,001-86,000 525 2,100 3,500
38 86,001-88,000 540 2,160 3,600
39 88,001-90,000 555 2,220 3,700
40 90,001-92,000 570 2,280 3,800
41 92,001-94,000 585 2,340 3,900
42 94,001-96,000 600 2,400 4,000
43 96,001-98,000 615 2,460 4,100
44 98,001-100,000 630 2,520 4,200
45 100,001-102,000 645 2,580 4,300
46 102,001-104,000 660 2,640 4,400
47 104,001-106,000 675 2,700 4,500
48 106,001-108,000 690 2,760 4,600
49 108,001-110,000 705 2,820 4,700
50 110,001-112,000 720 2,880 4,800
51 112,001-114,000 735 2,940 4,900
52 114,001-116,000 750 3,000 5,000
53 116,001-118,000 765 3,060 5,100
54 118,001-120,000 780 3,120 5,200
55 120,001-122,000 795 3,180 5,300
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1 Maximum Gross
2 Weight of Vehicle Total Miles Driven
3 (Pounds)
4 122,001-124,000 810 3,240 5,400
5 124,001-126,000 825 3,300 5,500
6 126,001-128,000 840 3,360 5,600
7 128,001-129,000 855 3,420 5,700
8 (d) Any commercial or farm vehicle registered for more than sixty thou-
9 sand (60,000) pounds up to one hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds
10 traveling fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles annually on
11 roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
12 in Idaho shall pay an annual registration fee of two hundred fifty-five
13 dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
14 apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(d).
15 (9) (a) During the first registration year that the fee schedule in sub-
16 section (8)(c) of this section is in use, an owner shall use the mileage
17 data from the records used to report the mileage use fee in the immedi-
18 ately preceding year as the basis for determining the appropriate regis-
19 tration fee schedule.
20 (b) Any owner who registers a motor vehicle for the first time and who
21 has no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to deter-
22 mine the appropriate fee schedule in subsection (8)(c) of this section.
23 When estimating the miles, the owner shall provide a statement on the
24 application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
25 (c) Any owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee schedule
26 under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
27 istration that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed the
28 schedule applied for. Any owner using a fee schedule under subsection
29 (8)(c) of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall main-
30 tain records to substantiate the use of the schedule as required by sec-
31 tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
32 (10) An owner registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of this sec-
33 tion may elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time of regis-
34 tration or renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at least one-quarter
35 (1/4) of the annual registration fee due. The remainder of the annual Idaho
36 registration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as
37 billed by the department.
38 (11) An owner registering or renewing a registration under subsection
39 (8)(a) of this section electing to use installment payments as provided in
40 subsection (10) of this section, shall pay all of the fees due to other IRP
41 jurisdictions in addition to one quarter (1/4) of the Idaho fee due at the
42 time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
43 istration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as billed
44 by the department.
45 (12) If any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
46 as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code, and weigh
47 less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
48 subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then and in that event there
49 shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
50 section, an additional use fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
51 (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess of
52 those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.
53 SECTION 2. That Section 17, Chapter 418, Laws of 2000, be, and the same
54 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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1 SECTION 17. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is legislative intent that, contingent
2 upon certification by the Secretary of State that he has received notice from
3 the appropriate court of the Fourth Judicial District that the court has
4 granted final approval of a settlement pursuant to Case No. CV OC 9700724D,
5 American Trucking Association, et al. v. State of Idaho, et al., the following
6 provisions setting forth the process for transitioning from a combination of
7 registration fees and weight-distance use fees to a system of registration
8 fees only, shall take effect as provided herein. These following provisions
9 are both integral and necessary for the administration and implementation of
10 the new registration system. It is legislative intent that the following pro-
11 visions for vehicle registrations shall be in effect, subject to the contin-
12 gencies stated above, from October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. Sub-
13 section (5) shall continue to be in effect until the expiration of the appli-
14 cable limitations period under that subsection.
15 (1) With regard to registrations for vehicles exceeding sixty thousand
16 pounds gross vehicle weight which expire on December 31, 2000, the Idaho
17 Transportation Department may accept payment for registration fees that will
18 become effective on January 1, 2001, beginning October 1, 2000, and the owners
19 of those vehicles shall cease to accrue new liability for repealed weight-
20 distance use fees on January 1, 2001, and shall be liable for the new regis-
21 tration fees on January 1, 2001. An owner shall pay at least one-quarter of
22 the annual Idaho registration fee due. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
23 istration fee shall be paid in three equal installments on dates as billed by
24 the department.
25 (2) With regard to registration under the International Registration Plan
26 for foreign-based vehicles exceeding sixty thousand pounds gross vehicle
27 weight which expire in any month beginning October 1, 2000, through September
28 30, 2001, the owners of those vehicles shall cease to accrue new liability for
29 the repealed weight-distance use fees and shall be liable for the new regis-
30 tration fees on the first day of the month during which their registration is
31 due. Owners of vehicles whose registration has not yet expired during a given
32 calendar quarter shall continue to accrue, report and remit the weight-
33 distance use fees until the quarter in which their registration expires under
34 the repealed weight-distance statutes.
35 (3) With regard to registration under the International Registration Plan
36 for Idaho-based vehicles exceeding sixty thousand pounds gross vehicle weight
37 which expire in any month beginning October 1, 2000, through September 30,
38 2001, the owners of those vehicles shall have the option of converting from
39 the weight-distance use fee system to the registration fee only system at the
40 time their registration is scheduled to expire, or may convert any time during
41 the period from October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. At the time of
42 conversion, the owner shall pay all weight-distance use fees due and shall pay
43 at least one-quarter of the annual Idaho registration fee due, less any unex-
44 pired portion of registration fees already paid. The remainder of the annual
45 Idaho registration fee shall be paid in three equal installments on dates as
46 billed by the department.
47 (4) With regard to registration under the International Registration Plan
48 for Idaho-based vehicles exceeding sixty thousand pounds gross vehicle weight
49 which are being registered for the first time during the period from October
50 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001, the owner shall pay at least one-quarter
51 of the annual Idaho registration fee and shall pay all other amounts due and
52 owing to all other jurisdictions in which the owner intends to operate. The
53 remainder of the annual registration fee due to Idaho shall be paid in three
54 equal installments on dates as billed by the department.
55 (5) The Idaho Transportation Department may continue to enforce the
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1 repealed statutes addressing payment and collection of weight-distance use
2 fees to audit and collect weight-distance use fees for the limitation period
3 that would be in effect if the weight-distance use fees had not been repealed.
4 Further, it is legislative intent that for registrations or renewals
5 occurring on and after October 1, 2001, all owners of vehicles exceeding sixty
6 thousand pounds gross vehicle weight who are registering in Idaho for the
7 first time, or who are renewing registrations on the registration fee only
8 system, shall pay the full annual Idaho registration fee at the time of regis-
9 tration or renewal of registration.
10 SECTION 3. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after Octo-
11 ber 1, 2001.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11021
It is the purpose of this bill to allow for quarterly payments of
truck registration for trucks over 60,000 lbs. That was only
allowed for one year under S1580 which was passed in the 2000
session. Under this bill, a truck owner will have an option to pay
the entire registration at once or one quarter (1/4) of the
registration with the remainder to be due in three (3) equal
installments to be billed by the department.
An owner registering or reviewing a registration under subsection
(8)(a) of this section electing to use installment payments as
provided in subsection (10) of this section, shall pay all of the
fees due to other IRP jurisdictions in addition to one quarter
(1/4) of the Idaho fee due at the time of registration or
re-registration.
FISCAL IMPACT
The department has been operating on this quarterly system and so
there should not be an additional cost resulting from this bill.
Contact
Name: Shawn Keough
Phone: 332-1000
Name: JoAn Wood
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 21