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SENATE BILL NO. 1173 – MV, certain, registration fees

SENATE BILL NO. 1173

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S1173......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MOTOR VEHICLES - REGISTRATION - Amends existing law to provide a single fee
for registration of vehicles weighing between eight thousand and sixty
thousand pounds maximum gross vehicle weight.
                                                                        
02/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/28    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
      Burtenshaw, 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 -- Cameron, Williams
    Floor Sponsor -- Geddes
    Title apvd - to House
03/09    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1173
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF  EIGHT  THOU-
  3        SAND  POUNDS; AMENDING SECTION 49-434, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A SINGLE FEE
  4        FOR REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES WEIGHING BETWEEN  EIGHT  THOUSAND  AND  SIXTY
  5        THOUSAND POUNDS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        49-434.  OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all  commercial  vehi-
 10    cles,  noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
 11    weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
 12    fee in accordance with the following schedule.
 13        Maximum Gross Weight                    Annual Registration Fee
 14              (Pounds)                      Noncommercial and    Commercial
 15                                              Farm Vehicles       Vehicles
 16         8,001-16,000 inc. .....................$  48.00           $ 48.00 $ 48.00
 17        16,001-26,000 inc. .....................   61.08            143.40  102.00
 18        26,001-30,000 inc. .....................   91.68            223.80  157.00
 19        30,001-40,000 inc. .....................  130.08            291.60  210.00
 20        40,001-50,000 inc. .....................  188.28            360.00  275.00
 21        50,001-60,000 inc. .....................  311.88            515.40  414.00
 22        (2)  There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of  body
 23    type,  and  on  all  farm  vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
 24    sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount  pre-
 25    scribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
 26        (3)  In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
 27        (a)  Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
 28        (b)  Rental  utility  trailer  with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
 29        pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
 30        (c)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand  (2,000)
 31        pounds .............................................................$15.00
 32        (4)  As  an option to the trailer and semitrailer annual registration, the
 33    department may provide extended registration.
 34        (a)  For trailers and  semitrailers,  the  optional  extended-registration
 35        period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
 36        (b)  The fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each year.
 37        (c)  The  license  plate  originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
 38        semitrailer until the registration expires.
 39        (d)  The registration document shall be the official record of the  status
 40        of  the  extended  registration.  No pressure-sensitive validation sticker
 41        shall be required.
 42        (e)  For rental utility trailers, the optional registration  period  shall
 43        not extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsec-
                                                                        
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  1        tion  (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be
  2        used to validate the license plate. The license plate shall become void if
  3        the owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five
  4        (5) year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on
  5        the annual renewal application during the five (5) year period, the regis-
  6        tration record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be  returned  to
  7        the department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
  8        (5)  A  fleet  registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
  9    five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
 10    owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in  lieu
 11    of  registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
 12    operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must  be
 13    physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
 14    tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
 15    a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
 16    mation  that  the  department  determines  is  necessary. The department shall
 17    devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered  vehicles
 18    as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
 19    and  all  subsequent  registration renewals shall include the physical address
 20    where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The  fleet  owner
 21    shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
 22    on  each  renewal,  and  at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
 23    permanently transferred to another location.
 24        (6)  If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
 25    the original owner may transfer the plate to another  vehicle.  The  remaining
 26    fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
 27    given  for  any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
 28    is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle.  Any  request  for  refund
 29    shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
 30    tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
 31    tion  plan  may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho vehicle
 32    registration fee by presenting evidence from the base  jurisdiction  that  the
 33    license  plate, validation sticker and registration document have been surren-
 34    dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
 35    ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
 36    dation sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is  lost,
 37    destroyed or becomes illegible.
 38        (7)  An  administrative  fee  of  four  dollars  ($4.00) shall be paid and
 39    deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed  by  the
 40    department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles registered
 41    under  subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided in section
 42    49-435(2), Idaho Code.
 43        (8)  There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
 44    imum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a  registration
 45    fee  based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared by the owner
 46    and the total number of miles driven on  roads  and  highways  in  the  state,
 47    county,  city  and  highway district systems in Idaho, and if registered under
 48    the international registration plan (IRP), in  all  other  jurisdictions.  The
 49    appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
 50        (a)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
 51        plan  (IRP),  the  appropriate  mileage  column shall be determined by the
 52        total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
 53        the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and  in  all
 54        other  jurisdictions  in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
 55        Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross  weight  of  each  vehicle  within  a
                                                                        
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  1        fleet.
  2        (b)  If  the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
  3        plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
  4        miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in  all  jurisdic-
  5        tions  by  the  number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty thousand
  6        one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of  a
  7        portion  of  the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee schedules
  8        set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
  9        the refund. An owner making application  for  refund  under  this  section
 10        shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
 11        (c)  If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
 12        istration  plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
 13        total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to  be  registered  on
 14        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
 15        in  Idaho  in  the  preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of each
 16        vehicle.
 17          Maximum Gross
 18        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
 19            (Pounds)
 20                                      1-7,500   7,501-50,000  Over 50,000
 21          60,001-62,000                $210        $  840       $1,400
 22          62,001-64,000                 240           960        1,600
 23          64,001-66,000                 270         1,080        1,800
 24          66,001-68,000                 300         1,200        2,000
 25          68,001-70,000                 330         1,320        2,200
 26          70,001-72,000                 360         1,440        2,400
 27          72,001-74,000                 390         1,560        2,600
 28          74,001-76,000                 420         1,680        2,800
 29          76,001-78,000                 450         1,800        3,000
 30          78,001-80,000                 480         1,920        3,200
 31          80,001-82,000                 495         1,980        3,300
 32          82,001-84,000                 510         2,040        3,400
 33          84,001-86,000                 525         2,100        3,500
 34          86,001-88,000                 540         2,160        3,600
 35          88,001-90,000                 555         2,220        3,700
 36          90,001-92,000                 570         2,280        3,800
 37          92,001-94,000                 585         2,340        3,900
 38          94,001-96,000                 600         2,400        4,000
 39          96,001-98,000                 615         2,460        4,100
 40         98,001-100,000                 630         2,520        4,200
 41        100,001-102,000                 645         2,580        4,300
 42        102,001-104,000                 660         2,640        4,400
 43        104,001-106,000                 675         2,700        4,500
 44        106,001-108,000                 690         2,760        4,600
 45        108,001-110,000                 705         2,820        4,700
 46        110,001-112,000                 720         2,880        4,800
 47        112,001-114,000                 735         2,940        4,900
 48        114,001-116,000                 750         3,000        5,000
 49        116,001-118,000                 765         3,060        5,100
 50        118,001-120,000                 780         3,120        5,200
 51        120,001-122,000                 795         3,180        5,300
 52        122,001-124,000                 810         3,240        5,400
 53        124,001-126,000                 825         3,300        5,500
 54        126,001-128,000                 840         3,360        5,600
 55        128,001-129,000                 855         3,420        5,700
                                                                        
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  1        (d)  Any commercial or farm vehicle registered for more than  sixty  thou-
  2        sand  (60,000)  pounds  up  to  one  hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds
  3        traveling fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles  annually  on
  4        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
  5        in  Idaho  shall pay an annual registration  fee of two hundred fifty-five
  6        dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
  7        apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(d).
  8        (9) (a)  During the first registration year that the fee schedule in  sub-
  9        section  (8)(c)  of this section is in use, an owner shall use the mileage
 10        data from the records used to report the mileage use fee  in  the  immedi-
 11        ately  preceding  year as the basis for determining the appropriate regis-
 12        tration fee schedule.
 13        (b)  Any owner who registers a motor vehicle for the first  time  and  who
 14        has  no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to deter-
 15        mine the appropriate fee schedule in subsection (8)(c)  of  this  section.
 16        When  estimating  the  miles,  the  owner shall provide a statement on the
 17        application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
 18        (c)  Any owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee  schedule
 19        under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
 20        istration  that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed the
 21        schedule applied for. Any owner using  a  fee  schedule  under  subsection
 22        (8)(c)  of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall main-
 23        tain records to substantiate the use of the schedule as required  by  sec-
 24        tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
 25        (10) If  any  vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
 26    as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code,  and  weigh
 27    less  than  the  starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
 28    subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then  and  in  that  event  there
 29    shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
 30    section,  an  additional  use  fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
 31    (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight  in  excess  of
 32    those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after Janu-
 34    ary 1, 2002.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                           RS RS11151
                                
The purpose of this legislation is to equalize registration or
Motor Vehicles over 16,000 lbs. This legislation is necessary in
light of the A.T.A. lawsuit settled over the same issue. The new
annual registration fee is designed to be revenue neutral.

                           FISCAL IMPACT

No impact on the General Fund. Minimum impact on Highway
Distribution Account. New registration fees are the best
estimates available to insure that this legislation is revenue
neutral.

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Contact
Name: Morris Detmar, Idaho Transportation Department
Phone: 334 8606







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