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H0038.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
TRAILERS - REGISTRATION - Amends existing law to provide a nonexpiring
registration for trailers and semitrailers; to clarify optional, extended
registration for rental utility trailers; and to clarify the provisions of
law applicable to nonexpiring license plates issued to certain trailers and
semitrailers.
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AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche,
Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills,
Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Luker, Nonini
Absent and excused -- Block, Nielsen, Roberts, Schaefer, Wood(35)
Floor Sponsor - Mortimer
Title apvd - to Senate
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AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Lodge,
Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- Little
Absent and excused -- Davis
Floor Sponsor - Corder
Title apvd - to House
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02/21 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 23
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 38
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL TRAILERS; AMENDING SECTION 49-434,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A NONEXPIRING REGISTRATION FOR TRAILERS AND SEMI-
4 TRAILERS AND TO CLARIFY OPTIONAL, EXTENDED REGISTRATION FOR RENTAL UTILITY
5 TRAILERS; AND AMENDING SECTION 49-443, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE PROVI-
6 SIONS OF LAW APPLICABLE TO NONEXPIRING LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO TRAILERS
7 AND SEMITRAILERS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 49-434. OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all commercial vehi-
12 cles, noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
13 weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
14 fee in accordance with the following schedule.
15 Unladen Weight for Wreckers Annual Registration Fee
16 Maximum Gross Weight Noncommercial and Commercial
17 For Other Vehicles Farm Vehicles Vehicles
18 (Pounds) and Wreckers
19 8,001-16,000 inc. ................... $ 48.00 $ 48.00
20 16,001-26,000 inc. ................... 61.08 143.40
21 26,001-30,000 inc. ................... 91.68 223.80
22 30,001-40,000 inc. ................... 130.08 291.60
23 40,001-50,000 inc. ................... 188.28 360.00
24 50,001-60,000 inc. ................... 311.88 515.40
25 (2) There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of body
26 type, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
27 sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount pre-
28 scribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
29 (3) In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
30 (a) Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
31 (b) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
32 pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
33 (c) Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand (2,000)
34 pounds .............................................................$15.00
35 (4) As an option to the trailer and semitrailer and rental utility
36 trailer annual registrations issued pursuant to subsection (3) of this
37 section, the department may provide a nonexpiring registration for trailers
38 and semitrailers, and an optional, extended registration for rental utility
39 trailers.
40 (a) For trailers and semitrailers, the optional extended- nonexpiring
41 registration period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
42 (b) The fee shall be fifteen one hundred five dollars ($105.00). for each
43 year.
2
1 (c) The license plate originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
2 semitrailer until the registration expires.
3 (d) is canceled. If the registrant does not transfer the plate and regis-
4 tration to another trailer or semitrailer titled to the registrant, the
5 plate and registration shall be canceled and no part of the fee is subject
6 to refund. Provided however, the registrant may transfer the nonexpiring
7 plate and registration to another trailer or semitrailer titled to the
8 registrant. The registration document shall be the official record of the
9 status of the extended nonexpiring registration. No pressure-sensitive
10 validation sticker shall be required or issued for such nonexpiring
11 license plate.
12 (eb) For rental utility trailers, the registrant may prepay the annual
13 registration for an additional one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4)
14 years, but in no event shall the optional registration period shall not
15 extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsection
16 (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be used
17 to validate the license plate. The license plate shall become void if the
18 owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five (5)
19 year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on the
20 annual renewal application during the five (5) year period, the registra-
21 tion record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be returned to the
22 department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
23 (5) A fleet registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
24 five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
25 owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in lieu
26 of registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
27 operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must be
28 physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
29 tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
30 a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
31 mation that the department determines is necessary. The department shall
32 devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered vehicles
33 as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
34 and all subsequent registration renewals shall include the physical address
35 where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The fleet owner
36 shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
37 on each renewal, and at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
38 permanently transferred to another location.
39 (6) If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
40 the original owner may transfer the plate to another vehicle. The remaining
41 fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
42 given for any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
43 is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle. Any request for refund
44 shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
45 tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
46 tion plan may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho vehicle
47 registration fee by presenting evidence from the base jurisdiction that the
48 license plate, validation sticker and registration document have been surren-
49 dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
50 ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
51 dation sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is lost,
52 destroyed or becomes illegible.
53 (7) An administrative fee of four dollars ($4.00) shall be paid and
54 deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed by the
55 department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles regis-
3
1 tered under subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided in
2 section 49-435(2), Idaho Code.
3 (8) There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
4 imum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a registration
5 fee based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared by the owner
6 and the total number of miles driven on roads and highways in the state,
7 county, city and highway district systems in Idaho, and if registered under
8 the international registration plan (IRP), in all other jurisdictions. The
9 appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
10 (a) If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
11 plan (IRP), the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
12 total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
13 the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and in all
14 other jurisdictions in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
15 Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross weight of each vehicle within a
16 fleet.
17 (b) If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
18 plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
19 miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in all jurisdic-
20 tions by the number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty thousand
21 one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of a
22 portion of the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee schedules
23 set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
24 the refund. An owner making application for refund under this section
25 shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
26 (c) If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
27 istration plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
28 total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to be registered on
29 roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
30 in Idaho in the preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of each
31 vehicle.
32 Maximum Gross
33 Weight of Vehicle Total Miles Driven
34 (Pounds)
35 1 to 7,501 to 20,001 to 35,001 to Over
36 7,500 20,000 35,000 50,000 50,000
37 60,001-62,000 $223 $ 511 $ 789 $1,068 $1,560
38 62,001-64,000 $251 $ 576 $ 890 $1,205 $1,760
39 64,001-66,000 $280 $ 642 $ 992 $1,342 $1,960
40 66,001-68,000 $309 $ 707 $1,093 $1,479 $2,160
41 68,001-70,000 $337 $ 773 $1,194 $1,615 $2,360
42 70,001-72,000 $366 $ 838 $1,295 $1,752 $2,560
43 72,001-74,000 $394 $ 904 $1,396 $1,889 $2,760
44 74,001-76,000 $423 $ 969 $1,498 $2,026 $2,960
45 76,001-78,000 $451 $1,035 $1,599 $2,163 $3,160
46 78,001-80,000 $480 $1,100 $1,700 $2,300 $3,360
47 80,001-82,000 $494 $1,133 $1,751 $2,368 $3,460
48 82,001-84,000 $509 $1,165 $1,801 $2,437 $3,560
49 84,001-86,000 $523 $1,198 $1,852 $2,505 $3,660
50 86,001-88,000 $537 $1,231 $1,902 $2,574 $3,760
51 88,001-90,000 $551 $1,264 $1,953 $2,642 $3,860
52 90,001-92,000 $566 $1,296 $2,004 $2,711 $3,960
53 92,001-94,000 $580 $1,329 $2,054 $2,779 $4,060
54 94,001-96,000 $594 $1,362 $2,105 $2,848 $4,160
55 96,001-98,000 $609 $1,395 $2,155 $2,916 $4,260
4
1 Maximum Gross
2 Weight of Vehicle Total Miles Driven
3 (Pounds)
4 98,001-100,000 $623 $1,427 $2,206 $2,985 $4,360
5 100,001-102,000 $637 $1,460 $2,257 $3,053 $4,460
6 102,001-104,000 $651 $1,493 $2,307 $3,121 $4,560
7 104,001-106,000 $666 $1,526 $2,358 $3,190 $4,660
8 106,001-108,000 $680 $1,558 $2,408 $3,258 $4,760
9 108,001-110,000 $694 $1,591 $2,459 $3,327 $4,860
10 110,001-112,000 $709 $1,624 $2,510 $3,395 $4,960
11 112,001-114,000 $723 $1,657 $2,560 $3,464 $5,060
12 114,001-116,000 $737 $1,689 $2,611 $3,532 $5,160
13 116,001-118,000 $751 $1,722 $2,661 $3,601 $5,260
14 118,001-120,000 $766 $1,755 $2,712 $3,669 $5,360
15 120,001-122,000 $780 $1,788 $2,763 $3,738 $5,460
16 122,001-124,000 $794 $1,820 $2,813 $3,806 $5,560
17 124,001-126,000 $809 $1,853 $2,864 $3,874 $5,660
18 126,001-128,000 $823 $1,886 $2,914 $3,943 $5,760
19 128,001-129,000 $837 $1,918 $2,965 $4,011 $5,860
20 (d) In addition to the fees set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this
21 subsection (8), an owner or operator may purchase a temporary permit as
22 provided in section 49-432(2), Idaho Code, for operation of a vehicle at a
23 weight in excess of the current, valid, registered maximum gross vehicle
24 weight. The permit so issued shall be specific to the motor vehicle to
25 which it is issued. No permit or fee shall be transferable or apportion-
26 able to any other vehicle, nor shall any such fee be refundable.
27 (e) Any commercial or farm vehicle registered for more than sixty thou-
28 sand (60,000) pounds up to one hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds
29 traveling fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles annually on
30 roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
31 in Idaho shall pay an annual registration fee of two hundred fifty-five
32 dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
33 apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(e).
34 (9) (a) During the first registration year that the fee schedule in sub-
35 section (8)(c) of this section is in use, an owner shall use the mileage
36 data from the records used to report the mileage use fee in the immedi-
37 ately preceding year as the basis for determining the appropriate regis-
38 tration fee schedule.
39 (b) Any owner who registers a motor vehicle for the first time and who
40 has no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to deter-
41 mine the appropriate fee schedule in subsection (8)(c) of this section.
42 When estimating the miles, the owner shall provide a statement on the
43 application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
44 (c) Any owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee schedule
45 under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
46 istration that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed the
47 schedule applied for. Any owner using a fee schedule under subsection
48 (8)(c) of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall main-
49 tain records to substantiate the use of the schedule as required by sec-
50 tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
51 (10) An owner registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of this sec-
52 tion may elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time of regis-
53 tration or renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at least one-quarter
54 (1/4) of the annual registration fee due. The remainder of the annual Idaho
55 registration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as
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1 billed by the department.
2 (11) An owner registering or renewing a registration under subsection
3 (8)(a) of this section electing to use installment payments as provided in
4 subsection (10) of this section, shall pay all of the fees due to other IRP
5 jurisdictions in addition to one-quarter (1/4) of the Idaho fee due at the
6 time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
7 istration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as billed
8 by the department.
9 (12) If any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
10 as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code, and weigh
11 less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
12 subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then and in that event there
13 shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
14 section, an additional use fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
15 (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess of
16 those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.
17 SECTION 2. That Section 49-443, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
18 amended to read as follows:
19 49-443. LICENSE PLATES TO BE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT -- FORM AND CON-
20 TENTS. (1) The assessor or the department shall furnish to every owner whose
21 vehicle is registered by that office, pursuant to sections 49-402 and 49-402A,
22 Idaho Code, one (1) license plate for vehicles registered under the provisions
23 of section 49-406, 49-406A or 49-408, Idaho Code, or a motorcycle, trailer,
24 truck-tractor, or semitrailer, and two (2) license plates for every other
25 motor vehicle. If a vehicle is issued one (1) plate only, that plate shall be
26 displayed in accordance with the provisions of section 49-428, Idaho Code. For
27 vehicles registered under the provisions of section 49-407, Idaho Code, the
28 applicant shall provide one (1) plate to be displayed on the rear of the vehi-
29 cle.
30 Commencing January 1, 1992, the color and design of the plates shall be
31 comparable to the color and design of the statehood centennial issue of
32 license plates with blue numerals and letters on a multicolored red, white and
33 blue background. Each license plate must bear upon its face the inscriptions
34 "Famous Potatoes" and "Scenic Idaho."
35 Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number
36 assigned to the vehicle and its owner and the name "Idaho" which may be abbre-
37 viated. The plates issued under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho
38 Code, and the required letters and numerals, including an identification of
39 the county in which the motor vehicle to which the plates will be affixed is
40 registered, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance
41 of seventy-five (75) feet during daylight, and each license plate and regis-
42 tration sticker shall be treated with a fully reflectorized material according
43 to specifications prescribed by the board.
44 (2) License plates shall be valid for a period of seven (7) years begin-
45 ning with the date of issuance of new plates. At the end of the sixth year,
46 the registered owner shall receive notice of the date upon which the plates
47 will expire. The department shall implement a plate-number reservation program
48 beginning prior to the 1999 plate issue and following once every seven (7)
49 years thereafter, for a limited plate-number sequence in each county which
50 chooses to offer a reservation program. Requests for license plate number res-
51 ervations shall be submitted to the county during the open reservation period
52 established by the department. The department may charge a minimal fee as
53 determined by the board to recover costs to the department for reservation of
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1 license plate numbers. The provisions of this subsection (2) shall not apply
2 to any license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of section 49-434(4),
3 Idaho Code.
4 (3) If a license plate number has expired as provided in subsection (2)
5 of this section and the number was not reserved, or if the vehicle registra-
6 tion is not renewed within sixty (60) days of its expiration, the plate number
7 shall be available for use by another registrant. To obtain a specific number
8 in the recycled license plate number file, the owner of a registered vehicle
9 shall pay a one (1) time fee as determined by rule of the board.
10 The provisions of this subsection shall apply only to vehicles registered
11 under the provisions of section 49-402(1), Idaho Code, and section 49-434(1),
12 Idaho Code, as it applies to noncommercial vehicles.
13 (4) License plates issued for vehicles required to be registered in
14 accordance with the provisions of sections 49-402 and 49-402A, Idaho Code,
15 shall be issued color coded registration validation stickers showing the year
16 of registration. Each registration validation sticker shall bear a number from
17 1 through 12, which number shall correspond to the month of the calendar year
18 in which the registration of the vehicle expires and shall be affixed to the
19 lower right-hand corner of the plates within the outlined rectangular area.
20 (5) License plates for utility trailers registered under the provisions
21 of section 49-402A, Idaho Code, which are issued for five (5) or ten (10)
22 years and license plates for trailers, rental utility trailers and semi-
23 trailers registered under the provisions of section 49-434, Idaho Code, which
24 are issued for up to five (5) years, shall use the design in effect on the
25 date of manufacture. If a design change occurs, plates from the effective date
26 of the design change shall be manufactured using the new design. Unexpired
27 plates need not be reissued to conform to a design change.
28 (6) For license plates which are lost, stolen, mutilated, or illegible,
29 the owner shall apply for a duplicate or substitute. The assessor shall also
30 furnish for each registration, and to validate the license plate, a pressure-
31 sensitive, uniquely-numbered registration sticker, except for trailers and
32 semitrailers registered under the optional seven (7) year trailer nonexpiring
33 provisions in section 49-434, Idaho Code. License plates issued for state,
34 county and city motor vehicles shall be permanent and remain on the vehicle
35 for which issued from year to year, and need no renewal or validation sticker.
36 (7) Whenever a vehicle is completely destroyed by fire or accident and
37 the operator submits satisfactory proof of that destruction to the department
38 or appropriate assessor's office, the registration use increment and fees
39 shall be transferred to the replacement vehicle for a service transfer fee of
40 five dollars ($5.00), which fee shall be retained by the registering author-
41 ity. None of the original fees shall be subject to refund.
42 (8) The department shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle is regis-
43 tered under sections 49-434 and 49-435, Idaho Code, a pressure-sensitive,
44 uniquely-numbered registration sticker to validate the license plate, provided
45 however, the provisions of this subsection (8) shall not apply to trailers and
46 semitrailers registered under the provisions of section 49-434(4), Idaho Code.
47 (9) The board shall have authority to require the return to the depart-
48 ment of all license plates and registration stickers upon termination of the
49 lawful use of them by the owner.
50 (10) The board may promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement the
51 provisions of this section.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16557
This proposed legislation will reduce the amount of time and
paperwork needed by both the Idaho trucking industry and the
Department for registration of commercial trailers. It will help
the Idaho trucking industry avoid citations and the need to
purchase temporary trip permits due to expired trailer
registrations.
FISCAL NOTE
Approximately 1,200 7-year plates are currently issued annually
to renew trailer registrations at a cost of $112 ($105
registration fee, $4 administrative fee and $3 plate fee). The
current $112 fee averages to $16 annually (112 divided by seven
years), resulting in average annual revenues of $19,200 per year.
If all 1,200 7-year plate owners converted to the permanent
plate, the loss of revenue to the Highway Distribution Account,
starting in fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter,
would be $19,200.00 annually. This includes $18,000 annually in
registration revenue, $700 annually in administrative fee revenue
and $500 annually in plate fee revenue. This loss will be partly
offset by the elimination of administrative costs associated with
the 7-Year plate program as follows:
Printing costs: $1,200 annually
Programming and system maintenance: $1,000 annually
Plate production costs: $4,200 annually
Envelopes and postage: $800 annually
Total Savings: $7,200 annually (including first seven years)
Net Loss to HDA after 7 years: $12,000 annually
CONTACT
Name: Chris Engels
Agency: Idaho Transportation Department
Phone: 334-8613
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 38