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H0562aa.......................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
MOTOR VEHICLES - LICENSE PLATES - Amends existing law to provide that
dealer and manufacturer plates may be used on laden vehicles operated by
the manufacturer, dealer or his licensed vehicle salesman, in connection
with the manufacturer's or dealer's business; and to provide that a dealer
plate may be used on a laden trailer in connection with a manufacturer's or
dealer's business to move vehicles or trailers from a manufacturer to a
dealer, from dealership to dealership or from a dealership to off-site
locations in promotion of the dealer's business, as long as the power unit
is properly licensed.
02/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/21 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/28 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/01 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/06 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Block, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen,
Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills,
Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black, Boe, Sayler
Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
Title apvd - to Senate
03/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Cameron,
Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Burtenshaw
Floor Sponsor - Brandt
Title apvd - to House
03/22 To enrol
03/23 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/24 Pres signed - To Governor
03/30 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 223
Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 562
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO USE OF DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES; AMENDING SECTION
3 49-1627, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER PLATES MAY BE
4 USED ON LADEN VEHICLES OPERATED BY THE MANUFACTURER, DEALER OR HIS
5 LICENSED VEHICLE SALESMAN, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S OR
6 DEALER'S BUSINESS AND TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER PLATE MAY BE USED ON A
7 LADEN VEHICLE OR TRAILER IN CONNECTION WITH A MANUFACTURER'S OR DEALER'S
8 BUSINESS TO MOVE VEHICLES OR TRAILERS FROM A MANUFACTURER TO A DEALER,
9 FROM DEALERSHIP TO DEALERSHIP OR FROM A DEALERSHIP TO OFF-SITE LOCATIONS
10 IN PROMOTION OF THE DEALER'S BUSINESS.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Section 49-1627, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13 amended to read as follows:
14 49-1627. USE OF DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATE. (1) Any dealer or
15 manufacturer license plate issued may, during the calendar year for which
16 issued, be transferred from one (1) vehicle to another owned or operated by
17 such manufacturer or dealer, in pursuance of his business as a manufacturer or
18 dealer.
19 (2) Dealer plates shall not be used on vehicles under the following cir-
20 cumstances:
21 (a) On work or service vehicles not held in stock for sale;
22 (b) On leased or rented vehicles owned by the licensed manufacturer or
23 dealer;
24 (c) On a laden vehicle designed for transportation of cargo, unless the
25 manufacturer or dealer has complied with section 49-434, Idaho Code;
26 (d) On vehicles which have been sold;
27 (e) On vehicles used by the licensee for furtherance of another business;
28 (f) On vehicles owned by a licensed wholesaler used for personal use;
29 (g) On vehicles owned by a licensed wholesaler, operated by their
30 licensed salesmen, used for personal use.
31 (3) Dealer and manufacturer plates may be used on laden vehicles operated
32 by the manufacturer, dealer or his licensed vehicle salesman, in connection
33 with the manufacturer's or dealer's business. A dealer plate may be used on a
34 laden vehicle or trailer in connection with a manufacturer's or dealer's busi-
35 ness to move vehicles or trailers from a manufacturer to a dealer, from deal-
36 ership to dealership or from a dealership to off-site locations in promotion
37 of the dealer's business. A dealer plate may be used on a vehicle assigned for
38 personal use on a full-time basis to the dealer, or licensed full-time vehicle
39 salesman. This personal use exception applies only to the manufacturer,
40 dealer, or licensed full-time vehicle salesman personally, and any other per-
41 sons, including members of their families, are excluded. A prospective pur-
42 chaser of a vehicle may have possession of the vehicle with a dealer plate for
43 not more than ninety-six (96) hours or may operate the vehicle when accompa-
2
1 nied by the manufacturer, dealer or a licensed vehicle salesman.
2 (4) Licensed part-time vehicle salesmen may use a dealer plate on a vehi-
3 cle that is offered for sale only to demonstrate the vehicle to a purchaser,
4 but not for personal use. Other employees or authorized persons, not licensed
5 as a vehicle salesman, may use a dealer plate when testing the mechanical
6 operation of a vehicle or for the necessary operation in pursuance of the
7 dealer's business, including the delivery and pickup of vehicles owned or pur-
8 chased by that manufacturer or dealer.
9 (5) Vehicle manufacturers and dealers shall keep a written record of the
10 vehicles upon which dealer's number plates are used for personal use on a
11 full-time basis, and the time during which each plate is used. The record
12 shall be open to inspection by any peace officer or any officer or employee of
13 the department.
14 (6) No manufacturer or dealer shall cause or permit any vehicle owned by
15 them to be operated or moved upon a public highway without displaying upon the
16 vehicle a license plate issued to that person, either under the provisions of
17 this section or section 49-428, Idaho Code, except as otherwise authorized in
18 section 49-431, Idaho Code.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
Moved by Loertscher
Seconded by Wood
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 562
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 25, following "Code" insert: ",
3 except as provided in subsection (3) of this section"; in line 34, delete
4 "vehicle or"; and in line 37, following "business" insert: "as long as the
5 power unit is properly licensed under chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code".
6 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
7 On page 1, in line 7, delete "VEHICLE OR"; and in line 10, following
8 "BUSINESS" insert: "AS LONG AS THE POWER UNIT IS PROPERLY LICENSED UNDER CHAP-
9 TER 4, TITLE 49, IDAHO CODE".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 562, As Amended
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO USE OF DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES; AMENDING SECTION
3 49-1627, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER PLATES MAY BE
4 USED ON LADEN VEHICLES OPERATED BY THE MANUFACTURER, DEALER OR HIS
5 LICENSED VEHICLE SALESMAN, IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S OR
6 DEALER'S BUSINESS AND TO PROVIDE THAT A DEALER PLATE MAY BE USED ON A
7 LADEN TRAILER IN CONNECTION WITH A MANUFACTURER'S OR DEALER'S BUSINESS TO
8 MOVE VEHICLES OR TRAILERS FROM A MANUFACTURER TO A DEALER, FROM DEALERSHIP
9 TO DEALERSHIP OR FROM A DEALERSHIP TO OFF-SITE LOCATIONS IN PROMOTION OF
10 THE DEALER'S BUSINESS AS LONG AS THE POWER UNIT IS PROPERLY LICENSED UNDER
11 CHAPTER 4, TITLE 49, IDAHO CODE.
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
13 SECTION 1. That Section 49-1627, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
14 amended to read as follows:
15 49-1627. USE OF DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATE. (1) Any dealer or
16 manufacturer license plate issued may, during the calendar year for which
17 issued, be transferred from one (1) vehicle to another owned or operated by
18 such manufacturer or dealer, in pursuance of his business as a manufacturer or
19 dealer.
20 (2) Dealer plates shall not be used on vehicles under the following cir-
21 cumstances:
22 (a) On work or service vehicles not held in stock for sale;
23 (b) On leased or rented vehicles owned by the licensed manufacturer or
24 dealer;
25 (c) On a laden vehicle designed for transportation of cargo, unless the
26 manufacturer or dealer has complied with section 49-434, Idaho Code,
27 except as provided in subsection (3) of this section;
28 (d) On vehicles which have been sold;
29 (e) On vehicles used by the licensee for furtherance of another business;
30 (f) On vehicles owned by a licensed wholesaler used for personal use;
31 (g) On vehicles owned by a licensed wholesaler, operated by their
32 licensed salesmen, used for personal use.
33 (3) Dealer and manufacturer plates may be used on laden vehicles operated
34 by the manufacturer, dealer or his licensed vehicle salesman, in connection
35 with the manufacturer's or dealer's business. A dealer plate may be used on a
36 laden trailer in connection with a manufacturer's or dealer's business to move
37 vehicles or trailers from a manufacturer to a dealer, from dealership to deal-
38 ership or from a dealership to off-site locations in promotion of the dealer's
39 business as long as the power unit is properly licensed under chapter 4, title
40 49, Idaho Code. A dealer plate may be used on a vehicle assigned for personal
41 use on a full-time basis to the dealer, or licensed full-time vehicle sales-
42 man. This personal use exception applies only to the manufacturer, dealer, or
43 licensed full-time vehicle salesman personally, and any other persons, includ-
2
1 ing members of their families, are excluded. A prospective purchaser of a
2 vehicle may have possession of the vehicle with a dealer plate for not more
3 than ninety-six (96) hours or may operate the vehicle when accompanied by the
4 manufacturer, dealer or a licensed vehicle salesman.
5 (4) Licensed part-time vehicle salesmen may use a dealer plate on a vehi-
6 cle that is offered for sale only to demonstrate the vehicle to a purchaser,
7 but not for personal use. Other employees or authorized persons, not licensed
8 as a vehicle salesman, may use a dealer plate when testing the mechanical
9 operation of a vehicle or for the necessary operation in pursuance of the
10 dealer's business, including the delivery and pickup of vehicles owned or pur-
11 chased by that manufacturer or dealer.
12 (5) Vehicle manufacturers and dealers shall keep a written record of the
13 vehicles upon which dealer's number plates are used for personal use on a
14 full-time basis, and the time during which each plate is used. The record
15 shall be open to inspection by any peace officer or any officer or employee of
16 the department.
17 (6) No manufacturer or dealer shall cause or permit any vehicle owned by
18 them to be operated or moved upon a public highway without displaying upon the
19 vehicle a license plate issued to that person, either under the provisions of
20 this section or section 49-428, Idaho Code, except as otherwise authorized in
21 section 49-431, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15896
This legislation is to clarify the conditions under which a
dealer plate may be used.
FISCAL NOTE
None
Contact
Name: Rep. Tom Loertscher
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 562