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SENATE BILL NO. 1441 – MV, certain, registration

SENATE BILL NO. 1441

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S1441.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
MOTOR VEHICLES - REGISTRATION - Amends existing law to provide a single
registration fee for registration of motor vehicles of the same weight
class beginning with the 30,000 to 40,000 pound maximum gross weight
classification through the 50,000 to 60,000 pound maximum gross weight
classification.
                                                                        
02/11    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1441
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WEIGHING IN EXCESS OF  EIGHT  THOU-
  3        SAND  POUNDS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT; AMENDING SECTION 49-434, IDAHO CODE, TO
  4        PROVIDE A SINGLE REGISTRATION FEE FOR REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES OF THE SAME
  5        WEIGHT CLASS BEGINNING WITH THE THIRTY THOUSAND TO  FORTY  THOUSAND  POUND
  6        MAXIMUM  GROSS  WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION, THROUGH THE FIFTY THOUSAND TO SIXTY
  7        THOUSAND  POUND  MAXIMUM  GROSS  WEIGHT  CLASSIFICATION  AND  TO   CORRECT
  8        CODIFIER'S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        49-434.  OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all  commercial  vehi-
 13    cles,  noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
 14    weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
 15    fee in accordance with the following schedule.
 16        Unladen Weight for Wreckers             Annual Registration Fee
 17           Maximum Gross Weight             Noncommercial and    Commercial
 18            For Other Vehicles                Farm Vehicles       Vehicles
 19                 (Pounds)                                       and Wreckers
 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                                                  190.00            190.00
 25        40,001-50,000 inc. .....................  188.28            360.00
 26                                                  240.00            240.00
 27        50,001-60,000 inc. .....................  311.88            515.40
 28                                                  336.00            336.00
 29        (2)  There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of  body
 30    type,  and  on  all  farm  vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
 31    sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount  pre-
 32    scribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
 33        (3)  In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
 34        (a)  Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
 35        (b)  Rental  utility  trailer  with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
 36        pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
 37        (c)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand  (2,000)
 38        pounds .............................................................$15.00
 39        (4)  As  an option to the trailer and semitrailer annual registration, the
 40    department may provide extended registration.
 41        (a)  For trailers and  semitrailers,  the  optional  extended-registration
 42        period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
 43        (b)  The fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each year.
                                                                        
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  1        (c)  The  license  plate  originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
  2        semitrailer until the registration expires.
  3        (d)  The registration document shall be the official record of the  status
  4        of  the  extended  registration.  No pressure-sensitive validation sticker
  5        shall be required.
  6        (e)  For rental utility trailers, the optional registration  period  shall
  7        not extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsec-
  8        tion  (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be
  9        used to validate the license plate. The license plate shall become void if
 10        the owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five
 11        (5) year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on
 12        the annual renewal application during the five (5) year period, the regis-
 13        tration record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be  returned  to
 14        the department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
 15        (5)  A  fleet  registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
 16    five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
 17    owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in  lieu
 18    of  registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
 19    operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must  be
 20    physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
 21    tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
 22    a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
 23    mation  that  the  department  determines  is  necessary. The department shall
 24    devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered  vehicles
 25    as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
 26    and  all  subsequent  registration renewals shall include the physical address
 27    where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The  fleet  owner
 28    shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
 29    on  each  renewal,  and  at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
 30    permanently transferred to another location.
 31        (6)  If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
 32    the original owner may transfer the plate to another  vehicle.  The  remaining
 33    fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
 34    given  for  any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
 35    is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle.  Any  request  for  refund
 36    shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
 37    tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
 38    tion  plan  may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho vehicle
 39    registration fee by presenting evidence from the base  jurisdiction  that  the
 40    license  plate, validation sticker and registration document have been surren-
 41    dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
 42    ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
 43    dation sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is  lost,
 44    destroyed or becomes illegible.
 45        (7)  An  administrative  fee  of  four  dollars  ($4.00) shall be paid and
 46    deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed  by  the
 47    department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles registered
 48    under  subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided in section
 49    49-435(2), Idaho Code.
 50        (8)  There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
 51    imum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a  registration
 52    fee  based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared by the owner
 53    and the total number of miles driven on  roads  and  highways  in  the  state,
 54    county,  city  and  highway district systems in Idaho, and if registered under
 55    the international registration plan (IRP), in  all  other  jurisdictions.  The
                                                                        
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  1    appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
  2        (a)  If  the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
  3        plan (IRP), the appropriate mileage column  shall  be  determined  by  the
  4        total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
  5        the  state,  county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and in all
  6        other jurisdictions in the preceding year, as defined in  section  49-117,
  7        Idaho  Code,  and  by  the  maximum  gross weight of each vehicle within a
  8        fleet.
  9        (b)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international  registration
 10        plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
 11        miles,  calculated  by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in all jurisdic-
 12        tions by the number of registered vehicles, is less  than  fifty  thousand
 13        one  (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of a
 14        portion of the registration fees paid, consistent with the  fee  schedules
 15        set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
 16        the  refund.  An  owner  making  application for refund under this section
 17        shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
 18        (c)  If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
 19        istration plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by  the
 20        total  miles  the  owner operated each of the vehicles to be registered on
 21        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
 22        in Idaho in the preceding year and by the maximum  gross  weight  of  each
 23        vehicle.
 24          Maximum Gross
 25        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
 26            (Pounds)
 27                         1-7,500            7,501-50,000              Over
 28                                                                     50,000
 29                          1 to    7,501 to  20,001 to   35,001 to     Over
 30                          7,500    20,000     35,000      50,000     50,000
 31          60,001-62,000   $223     $  511     $  789      $1,068     $1,560
 32          62,001-64,000   $251     $  576     $  890      $1,205     $1,760
 33          64,001-66,000   $280     $  642     $  992      $1,342     $1,960
 34          66,001-68,000   $309     $  707     $1,093      $1,479     $2,160
 35          68,001-70,000   $337     $  773     $1,194      $1,615     $2,360
 36          70,001-72,000   $366     $  838     $1,295      $1,752     $2,560
 37          72,001-74,000   $394     $  904     $1,396      $1,889     $2,760
 38          74,001-76,000   $423     $  969     $1,498      $2,026     $2,960
 39          76,001-78,000   $451     $1,035     $1,599      $2,163     $3,160
 40          78,001-80,000   $480     $1,100     $1,700      $2,300     $3,360
 41          80,001-82,000   $494     $1,133     $1,751      $2,368     $3,460
 42          82,001-84,000   $509     $1,165     $1,801      $2,437     $3,560
 43          84,001-86,000   $523     $1,198     $1,852      $2,505     $3,660
 44          86,001-88,000   $537     $1,231     $1,902      $2,574     $3,760
 45          88,001-90,000   $551     $1,264     $1,953      $2,642     $3,860
 46          90,001-92,000   $566     $1,296     $2,004      $2,711     $3,960
 47          92,001-94,000   $580     $1,329     $2,054      $2,779     $4,060
 48          94,001-96,000   $594     $1,362     $2,105      $2,848     $4,160
 49          96,001-98,000   $609     $1,395     $2,155      $2,916     $4,260
 50         98,001-100,000   $623     $1,427     $2,206      $2,985     $4,360
 51        100,001-102,000   $637     $1,460     $2,257      $3,053     $4,460
 52                                              $4,460
 53        102,001-104,000   $651     $1,493     $2,307      $3,121     $4,560
 54        104,001-106,000   $666     $1,526     $2,358      $3,190     $4,660
 55        106,001-108,000   $680     $1,558     $2,408      $3,258     $4,760
                                                                        
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  1          Maximum Gross
  2        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
  3            (Pounds)
  4        108,001-110,000   $694     $1,591     $2,459      $3,327     $4,860
  5        110,001-112,000   $709     $1,624     $2,510      $3,395     $4,960
  6        112,001-114,000   $723     $1,657     $2,560      $3,464     $5,060
  7        114,001-116,000   $737     $1,689     $2,611      $3,532     $5,160
  8        116,001-118,000   $751     $1,722     $2,661      $3,601     $5,260
  9        118,001-120,000   $766     $1,755     $2,712      $3,669     $5,360
 10        120,001-122,000   $780     $1,788     $2,763      $3,738     $5,460
 11        122,001-124,000   $794     $1,820     $2,813      $3,806     $5,560
 12        124,001-126,000   $809     $1,853     $2,864      $3,874     $5,660
 13        126,001-128,000   $823     $1,886     $2,914      $3,943     $5,760
 14        128,001-129,000   $837     $1,918     $2,965      $4,011     $5,860
 15        (d)  In  addition  to the fees set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this
 16        subsection  (8), an owner or operator may purchase a temporary  permit  as
 17        provided in section 49-432(2), Idaho Code, for operation of a vehicle at a
 18        weight  in  excess of the current, valid, registered maximum gross vehicle
 19        weight. The permit so issued shall be specific to  the  motor  vehicle  to
 20        which  it  is issued. No permit or fee shall be transferable or apportion-
 21        able to any other vehicle, nor shall any such fee be refundable.
 22        (e)  Any commercial or farm vehicle registered for more than  sixty  thou-
 23        sand  (60,000)  pounds  up  to  one  hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds
 24        traveling fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles  annually  on
 25        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
 26        in  Idaho  shall  pay an annual registration fee of two hundred fifty-five
 27        dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
 28        apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(e).
 29        (9) (a)  During the first registration year that the fee schedule in  sub-
 30        section  (8)(c)  of this section is in use, an owner shall use the mileage
 31        data from the records used to report the mileage use fee  in  the  immedi-
 32        ately  preceding  year as the basis for determining the appropriate regis-
 33        tration fee schedule.
 34        (b)  Any owner who registers a motor vehicle for the first  time  and  who
 35        has  no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to deter-
 36        mine the appropriate fee schedule in subsection (8)(c)  of  this  section.
 37        When  estimating  the  miles,  the  owner shall provide a statement on the
 38        application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
 39        (c)  Any owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee  schedule
 40        under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
 41        istration  that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed the
 42        schedule applied for. Any owner using  a  fee  schedule  under  subsection
 43        (8)(c)  of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall main-
 44        tain records to substantiate the use of the schedule as required  by  sec-
 45        tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
 46        (10) An  owner  registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of this sec-
 47    tion may elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time  of  regis-
 48    tration  or  renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at least one-quarter
 49    (1/4) of the annual registration fee due. The remainder of  the  annual  Idaho
 50    registration  fee  shall  be  paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as
 51    billed by the department.
 52        (11) An owner registering or  renewing  a  registration  under  subsection
 53    (8)(a)  of  this  section  electing to use installment payments as provided in
 54    subsection (10) of this section, shall pay all of the fees due  to  other  IRP
 55    jurisdictions  in  addition  to  one-quarter (1/4) of the Idaho fee due at the
                                                                        
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  1    time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
  2    istration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as billed
  3    by the department.
  4        (12) If any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul  nonreducible  loads,
  5    as  authorized  under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code, and weigh
  6    less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in  column  1  of
  7    subsection  (2),  section  49-1004,  Idaho  Code, then and in that event there
  8    shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
  9    section, an additional use fee of 2.1 mills per mile  for  each  two  thousand
 10    (2,000)  pounds  or  fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess of
 11    those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 13    ary 1, 2003.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                          RS 11996

	The purpose of this legislation is to equalize registration 
on Motor Vehicles from 30,001 to 60,000lbs. maximum gross weight. 
This legislation adjusts rates to allow farmers the advantage of 
registering commercial vehicles at a reasonable rate. 
Recognizing most vehicles in these classes are currently in non-
commercial rates, this legislation is revenue neutral. This 
creates a fair, more simple registration for these vehicles.

                         FISCAL IMPACT


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


Contact

Name:   Senator Evan Frasure
Phone:  332-1315

        Morris Detmar
        Idaho Transportation Department
        334-8606




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		S 1441