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HOUSE BILL NO. 603<br /> – MV, over 8,000 lbs, registratn fee

HOUSE BILL NO. 603

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H0603.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law relating to operating fees for
vehicles with a maximum gross weight exceeding eight thousand pounds to
increase operating fees for commercial, noncommercial and farm vehicles
having a maximum gross weight not exceeding sixty thousand pounds; to
provide a uniform administrative fee; to provide an annual registration fee
for vehicles with a maximum gross weight between sixty thousand and one
hundred twenty-nine thousand pounds; to provide a mileage surcharge for
such vehicles; to direct the Idaho Transportation Department to specify
certain forms and administrative procedures by rule; to assess a processing
fee on registration installment payments; and to direct the Idaho
Transportation Department to apply the new fee schedule to registrations
effective on and after January 1, 2010, to all applications submitted in
the period July through December 2009.

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 603

                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO OPERATING FEES FOR VEHICLES WITH A MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT  EXCEEDING
  3        EIGHT  THOUSAND  POUNDS; AMENDING SECTION 49-432, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A
  4        CORRECT CODE REFERENCE; AMENDING SECTION 49-434, IDAHO CODE,  TO  INCREASE
  5        OPERATING  FEES  FOR  COMMERCIAL, NONCOMMERCIAL AND FARM VEHICLES HAVING A
  6        MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING SIXTY THOUSAND  POUNDS,  TO  PROVIDE  A
  7        UNIFORM  ADMINISTRATIVE  FEE,  TO  PROVIDE  AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE FOR
  8        VEHICLES WITH A MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT BETWEEN SIXTY THOUSAND AND  ONE  HUN-
  9        DRED  TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND POUNDS, TO PROVIDE A MILEAGE SURCHARGE FOR SUCH
 10        VEHICLES, TO DELETE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS, TO DIRECT THE  IDAHO  TRANSPORTA-
 11        TION  DEPARTMENT TO SPECIFY CERTAIN FORMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES BY
 12        RULE, TO ASSESS A PROCESSING FEE ON REGISTRATION INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS  AND
 13        TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT CODE REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION 49-439, IDAHO CODE,
 14        TO PROVIDE A CORRECT CODE REFERENCE; DIRECTING  THE  IDAHO  TRANSPORTATION
 15        DEPARTMENT TO APPLY THE FEE SCHEDULE IN SECTION 2 OF THIS ACT TO REGISTRA-
 16        TIONS  EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2010, TO ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMIT-
 17        TED DURING THE PERIOD JULY THROUGH DECEMBER 2009; AND PROVIDING  EFFECTIVE
 18        DATES.

 19    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 20        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-432, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:

 22        49-432.  TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR RESIDENTS AND  NONRESIDENTS  --  FEES.
 23    (1) When a vehicle or combination of vehicles subject to registration is to be
 24    moved upon the public highways in the state of Idaho, the department may issue
 25    a  permit  in  lieu of registration for any vehicle or combination of vehicles
 26    upon the payment of a fee as set forth in the following schedule:
 27        (a)  One hundred twenty (120) hour permit
 28             Single vehicle ................................................$30.00
 29             Combination of vehicles .......................................$60.00
 30        (b)  Fuel permit ...................................................$30.00
 31        (c)  Thirty (30) day unladen weight permit .........................$30.00
 32        An owner-operator vehicle moving between lessee fleets where  the  vehicle
 33        registration was issued in the name of the former lessee shall be eligible
 34        for  a thirty (30) day unladen weight permit for the unladen movement from
 35        the point of entry into the state to the destination of the  new  lessee's
 36        place of business.
 37        (2)  Permits  to operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of
 38    the registered maximum gross vehicle weight up to a  maximum  of  one  hundred
 39    twenty-nine thousand (129,000) pounds gross vehicle weight shall be:
 40        (a)  One hundred  twenty  (120)  hour  permit  to  increase  gross  weight
 41        ....................................................................$50.00
 42        (b)  Thirty (30) day permit to increase gross vehicle weight:

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  1        Maximum Registered Gross           Temporary Permitted
  2           Weight of Vehicle               Maximum Gross Weight
  3                (Pounds)                         (Pounds)
  4                          80,000  86,000 96,000  106,000  116,000  129,000
  5          50,001-60,000     $225    $250   $275     $300     $325     $350
  6          60,001-70,000     $150    $175   $200     $225     $250     $275
  7          70,001-78,000     $ 75    $150   $175     $200     $225     $250
  8          78,001-84,000             $ 75   $150     $175     $200     $225
  9          84,001-94,000                    $ 75     $150     $175     $200
 10         94,001-104,000                             $ 75     $100     $125
 11        104,001-112,000                                      $ 75     $100
 12        112,001-128,000                                               $ 75
 13        The permit issued pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be specific to the
 14        motor  vehicle  to which it is issued. No permit or fee shall be transfer-
 15        able or apportionable to any other vehicle, nor  shall  any  such  fee  be
 16        refundable. At the time of purchasing a permit, the applicant may purchase
 17        additional  permits  in any combination which does not exceed a maximum of
 18        ninety (90) days.
 19        (3)  A temporary permit shall be in a form, and issued under rules adopted
 20    by the board, and shall be displayed at all times while the vehicle  is  being
 21    operated  on  the  highways  by posting the permit upon the windshield of each
 22    vehicle or in another prominent place, where it may be readily legible.
 23        (4)  Any permit issued pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be
 24    purchased prior to movement of the vehicle on a highway, and such permit shall
 25    be in addition to and available only to a vehicle which is currently and  val-
 26    idly   registered   in   Idaho   pursuant  to  section  49-432(1),  49-434(1),
 27    49-434(8)(c) or 49-435, Idaho Code.
 28        (5)  The department may select vendors to serve as agents on  state  high-
 29    ways for the purpose of selling permits where fixed ports of entry do not ade-
 30    quately  serve  a  respective  highway entering the state. The vendor shall be
 31    remunerated at the rate of three dollars ($3.00) per permit sold, and he shall
 32    collect the fees specified in this section, and pay the fees  to  the  depart-
 33    ment.  The  vendor  shall guarantee payment by giving a bond to the state in a
 34    sum as shall be fixed by the board, the premium on the bond to be paid by  the
 35    department.

 36        SECTION  2.  That  Section  49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 37    amended to read as follows:

 38        49-434.  OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all  commercial  vehi-
 39    cles,  noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross
 40    weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
 41    fee in accordance with the following schedule.

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  1        Unladen Weight for Wreckers            Annual Registration Fee for
  2        Maximum Gross Weight              Noncommercial, and Farm Vehicles and
  3        For Other Vehicles                Commercial Vehicles and Wreckers
  4        (Pounds)
  5         8,001-16,000 inc. ................... $ 48.00  $ 48.00   $150.00
  6        16,001-26,000 inc. ...................   61.08   143.40    250.00
  7        26,001-30,000 inc. ...................   91.68   223.80    325.00
  8        30,001-40,000 inc. ...................  130.08   291.60    423.00
  9        40,001-50,000 inc. ...................  188.28   360.00    549.00
 10        50,001-60,000 inc. ...................  311.88   515.40    714.00
 11        (2)  There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of  body
 12    type,  and  on  all  farm  vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
 13    sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount  pre-
 14    scribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
 15        (3)  In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
 16        (a)  Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
 17        (b)  Rental  utility  trailer  with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
 18        pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
 19        (c)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand  (2,000)
 20        pounds .............................................................$15.00
 21        (4)  As  an  option  to  the  trailer  and  semitrailer and rental utility
 22    trailer annual registrations issued pursuant to subsection (3)  of  this  sec-
 23    tion,  the  department may provide a nonexpiring registration for trailers and
 24    semitrailers, and  an  optional,  extended  registration  for  rental  utility
 25    trailers.
 26        (a)  For trailers and semitrailers, the nonexpiring registration fee shall
 27        be  one  hundred  five dollars ($105). The license plate originally issued
 28        shall remain on the trailer or semitrailer until the registration is  can-
 29        celed.  If  the registrant does not transfer the plate and registration to
 30        another trailer or semitrailer titled to the  registrant,  the  plate  and
 31        registration  shall  be  canceled  and  no  part  of the fee is subject to
 32        refund. Provided however, the  registrant  may  transfer  the  nonexpiring
 33        plate  and  registration  to  another trailer or semitrailer titled to the
 34        registrant. The registration document shall be the official record of  the
 35        status  of  the nonexpiring registration. No pressure-sensitive validation
 36        sticker shall be required or issued for such nonexpiring license plate.
 37        (b)  For rental utility trailers, the registrant  may  prepay  the  annual
 38        registration  for  an  additional  one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4)
 39        years, but in no event  shall  the  optional  registration  period  extend
 40        beyond  five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsection (3)(b)
 41        or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be used to val-
 42        idate the license plate. The  license  plate  shall  become  void  if  the
 43        owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five (5)
 44        year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on the
 45        annual renewal application during the five (5)  year period, the registra-
 46        tion  record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be returned to the
 47        department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
 48        (5)  A fleet registration option is available to owners who  have  twenty-
 49    five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
 50    owners  may register all of their company vehicles with the department in lieu
 51    of registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned  and
 52    operated  under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must be
 53    physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
 54    tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
 55    a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-

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  1    mation that the department  determines  is  necessary.  The  department  shall
  2    devise  a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered vehicles
  3    as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
  4    and all subsequent registration renewals shall include  the  physical  address
  5    where  a  vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The fleet owner
  6    shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
  7    on each renewal, and at any time a vehicle registered  under  this  option  is
  8    permanently transferred to another location.
  9        (6)  If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
 10    the  original  owner  may transfer the plate to another vehicle. The remaining
 11    fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
 12    given for any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if  the  plate
 13    is  not  transferred  by  the owner to another vehicle. Any request for refund
 14    shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
 15    tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
 16    tion plan may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the  Idaho  vehicle
 17    registration  fee  by  presenting evidence from the base jurisdiction that the
 18    license plate, validation sticker and registration document have been  surren-
 19    dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
 20    ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
 21    dation  sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is lost,
 22    destroyed or becomes illegible.
 23        (7)  An administrative fee of four eight dollars ($48.00)  shall  be  paid
 24    and  deposited  to the state highway account on all registrations completed by
 25    the department under subsections (1) or and (8)(a) of this  section.  Vehicles
 26    registered  under subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided
 27    in section 49-435(2), Idaho Code.
 28        (8)  There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
 29    imum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds through one hun-
 30    dred twenty-nine thousand (129,000) pounds, an annual registration  fee  based
 31    upon  the  maximum  gross  weight of a vehicle as declared by the owner of six
 32    hundred sixty dollars ($660) and the total number of miles a mileage surcharge
 33    fee of four and one-half cents (4 1/2¢) for each  mile  driven  on  roads  and
 34    highways  in  the  state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho.,
 35    and if registered under the international  registration  plan  (IRP),  in  all
 36    other  jurisdictions.  The appropriate registration fee shall be determined as
 37    follows:
 38        (a)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international  registration
 39        plan  (IRP),  the  appropriate  mileage  column shall be determined by the
 40        total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
 41        the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and  in  all
 42        other  jurisdictions  in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
 43        Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross  weight  of  each  vehicle  within  a
 44        fleet.
 45        (b)  If  the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
 46        plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
 47        miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in  all  jurisdic-
 48        tions  by  the  number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty thousand
 49        one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of  a
 50        portion  of  the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee schedules
 51        set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
 52        the refund. An owner making application  for  refund  under  this  section
 53        shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
 54        (c)  If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
 55        istration  plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the

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  1        total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to  be  registered  on
  2        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
  3        in  Idaho  in  the  preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of each
  4        vehicle.
  5          Maximum Gross
  6        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
  7            (Pounds)
  8                          1 to    7,501 to  20,001 to   35,001 to     Over
  9                  7,500  20,000    35,000     50,000      50,000
 10          60,001-62,000   $223     $  511     $  789      $1,068     $1,560
 11          62,001-64,000   $251     $  576     $  890      $1,205     $1,760
 12          64,001-66,000   $280     $  642     $  992      $1,342     $1,960
 13          66,001-68,000   $309     $  707     $1,093      $1,479     $2,160
 14          68,001-70,000   $337     $  773     $1,194      $1,615     $2,360
 15          70,001-72,000   $366     $  838     $1,295      $1,752     $2,560
 16          72,001-74,000   $394     $  904     $1,396      $1,889     $2,760
 17          74,001-76,000   $423     $  969     $1,498      $2,026     $2,960
 18          76,001-78,000   $451     $1,035     $1,599      $2,163     $3,160
 19          78,001-80,000   $480     $1,100     $1,700      $2,300     $3,360
 20          80,001-82,000   $494     $1,133     $1,751      $2,368     $3,460
 21          82,001-84,000   $509     $1,165     $1,801      $2,437     $3,560
 22          84,001-86,000   $523     $1,198     $1,852      $2,505     $3,660
 23          86,001-88,000   $537     $1,231     $1,902      $2,574     $3,760
 24          88,001-90,000   $551     $1,264     $1,953      $2,642     $3,860
 25          90,001-92,000   $566     $1,296     $2,004      $2,711     $3,960
 26          92,001-94,000   $580     $1,329     $2,054      $2,779     $4,060
 27          94,001-96,000   $594     $1,362     $2,105      $2,848     $4,160
 28          96,001-98,000   $609     $1,395     $2,155      $2,916     $4,260
 29         98,001-100,000   $623     $1,427     $2,206      $2,985     $4,360
 30        100,001-102,000   $637     $1,460     $2,257      $3,053     $4,460
 31        102,001-104,000   $651     $1,493     $2,307      $3,121     $4,560
 32        104,001-106,000   $666     $1,526     $2,358      $3,190     $4,660
 33        106,001-108,000   $680     $1,558     $2,408      $3,258     $4,760
 34        108,001-110,000   $694     $1,591     $2,459      $3,327     $4,860
 35        110,001-112,000   $709     $1,624     $2,510      $3,395     $4,960
 36        112,001-114,000   $723     $1,657     $2,560      $3,464     $5,060
 37        114,001-116,000   $737     $1,689     $2,611      $3,532     $5,160
 38        116,001-118,000   $751     $1,722     $2,661      $3,601     $5,260
 39        118,001-120,000   $766     $1,755     $2,712      $3,669     $5,360
 40        120,001-122,000   $780     $1,788     $2,763      $3,738     $5,460
 41        122,001-124,000   $794     $1,820     $2,813      $3,806     $5,560
 42        124,001-126,000   $809     $1,853     $2,864      $3,874     $5,660
 43        126,001-128,000   $823     $1,886     $2,914      $3,943     $5,760
 44        128,001-129,000   $837     $1,918     $2,965      $4,011     $5,860
 45    The department shall establish by rule recordkeeping  and  reporting  require-
 46    ments  and  shall  prescribe the forms to be used. (d) In addition to the fees
 47    set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this subsection (8), an owner or opera-
 48    tor may purchase a temporary permit as provided in  section  49-432(2),  Idaho
 49    Code,  for operation of a vehicle at a weight in excess of the current, valid,
 50    registered maximum gross vehicle weight. The permit so issued  shall  be  spe-
 51    cific  to  the  motor vehicle to which it is issued. No permit or fee shall be
 52    transferable or apportionable to any other vehicle, nor shall any such fee  be
 53    refundable.
 54        (e)  Any  commercial  or farm vehicle registered for more than sixty thou-
 55        sand (60,000) pounds up to  one  hundred  six  thousand  (106,000)  pounds

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  1        traveling  fewer  than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles annually on
  2        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
  3        in Idaho shall pay an annual registration fee of  two  hundred  fifty-five
  4        dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
  5        apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(e).
  6        (9)  (a) During  the first registration year that the fee schedule in sub-
  7        section (8)(c) of this section is in use, an owner shall use  the  mileage
  8        data  from  the  records used to report the mileage use fee in the immedi-
  9        ately preceding year as the basis for determining the  appropriate  regis-
 10        tration fee schedule.
 11        (b)  Any  owner  who  registers a motor vehicle for the first time and who
 12        has no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to  deter-
 13        mine  the  appropriate  fee schedule in subsection (8)(c) of this section.
 14        When estimating the miles, the owner shall  provide  a  statement  on  the
 15        application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
 16        (c)  Any  owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee schedule
 17        under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
 18        istration that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed  the
 19        schedule  applied  for.  Any  owner  using a fee schedule under subsection
 20        (8)(c) of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall  main-
 21        tain  records  to substantiate the use of the schedule as required by sec-
 22        tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
 23        (10) An owner registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of  this  sec-
 24    tion  may  elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time of regis-
 25    tration or renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at  least  one-quarter
 26    (1/4) of the annual registration fee due, plus a processing fee of thirty-five
 27    dollars  ($35.00). The remainder of the annual Idaho registration fee shall be
 28    paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as  billed  by  the  department,
 29    plus the processing fee for each installment payment.
 30        (110) An  owner  registering  or  renewing a registration under subsection
 31    (8)(a) of this section electing to use installment  payments  as  provided  in
 32    subsection  (109)  of this section, shall pay all of the fees due to other IRP
 33    jurisdictions in addition to one-quarter (1/4) of the Idaho  fee  due  at  the
 34    time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
 35    istration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as billed
 36    by the department.
 37        (121) If  any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
 38    as authorized under the provisions of  section  49-1004(1),  Idaho  Code,  and
 39    weigh less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1
 40    of  subsection  (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then and in that event there
 41    shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
 42    section, an additional road use fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each  two  thou-
 43    sand  (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess
 44    of those as set forth in section 49-10014(2), Idaho Code.

 45        SECTION 3.  That Section 49-439, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:

 47        49-439.  AUDIT  GUIDELINES.  (1) The state tax commission on behalf of the
 48    department may audit an owner of motor vehicles subject to  fees  pursuant  to
 49    this chapter.
 50        (2)  Every owner whose fees are computed as specified in section 49-434 or
 51    49-435,  Idaho  Code, except those registering under subsection (8)(c) of sec-
 52    tion 49-434, Idaho Code, for over fifty thousand (50,000) miles driven,  shall
 53    maintain  records  and  permit the state tax commission to inspect the records

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  1    upon request to substantiate that the actual  miles traveled, if using a mile-
  2    age schedule in subsection (8)(c) of section 49-434, Idaho Code, are less than
  3    the maximum mileage schedule.
  4        (3)  When the records are maintained outside this state by owners  engaged
  5    in  transportation in this state, the owner shall reimburse the state tax com-
  6    mission for reasonable expenses incurred by the state tax commission  in  con-
  7    ducting audits of those records and accounts at the out-of-state location. The
  8    owner or the state tax commission may request that the records be presented at
  9    a  place  within the state designated by the state tax commission. The records
 10    must be presented by a representative of the owner who is  familiar  with  the
 11    records and who is responsible for the safekeeping of the records.
 12        (4)  Every  owner is required to maintain records for the current year and
 13    the three (3) years immediately preceding. If an  assessment  has  been  made,
 14    such  audit  assessment  may  be  collected  by a proceeding in court within a
 15    period of three (3) years after the assessment or a final order entered pursu-
 16    ant to subsection (7) of this section.
 17        (5)  An owner who fails to maintain records as required by the  provisions
 18    of  this  section  may  have the registration of all vehicles registered under
 19    section 49-434 or 49-435, Idaho Code, suspended until such  time  as  adequate
 20    records  as  required  by  the provisions of this section are provided. In the
 21    event that the owner does not produce records, the state  tax  commission  may
 22    generate  a  notice  of  deficiency based on an estimate of the operation. The
 23    state tax commission shall develop a methodology to be  used  to  calculate  a
 24    notice  of  deficiency based on an estimate of the operation. That methodology
 25    shall be in accordance with the international registration plan  and  interna-
 26    tional fuel tax agreement guidelines.
 27        (6)  The  state  tax  commission  shall provide the carrier with notice of
 28    deficiency and the opportunity to use the appeals process prior to  a  suspen-
 29    sion.  An  owner may contest a notice of deficiency made by the state tax com-
 30    mission within thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice by filing an appeal
 31    in accordance with sections 63-3045, 63-3045B, 63-3047, 63-3048  and  63-3049,
 32    Idaho Code.
 33        (7)  An owner, as identified by the state tax commission, who fails to pay
 34    any  audit assessment due is subject to suspension of vehicle registrations. A
 35    reinstatement fee of forty dollars ($40.00) shall be imposed in addition to  a
 36    penalty  of  ten percent (10%) of the amount of audit assessment determined to
 37    be due, plus interest of one percent (1%) of the amount of the  audit  assess-
 38    ment  due  for  each month or fraction thereof after the original registration
 39    fee became due. An order suspending the vehicle registration shall  be  mailed
 40    to  the  owner by the department. The suspension shall be canceled if the pay-
 41    ment due is made, plus penalty and interest, along with the reinstatement  fee
 42    of  forty  dollars ($40.00) per carrier within fifteen (15) days after receipt
 43    of the suspension order. The reinstatement fees  shall  be  deposited  to  the
 44    state highway account. The department shall not reregister or permit a vehicle
 45    to  operate on a trip permit until all audit assessments, penalties and inter-
 46    est have been paid.

 47        SECTION 4.  The Idaho Transportation Department is authorized and directed
 48    to apply the fee schedule in Section 2 of this act to registrations  effective
 49    on  and after January 1, 2010, to all applications submitted during the period
 50    July through December 2009.

 51        SECTION 5.  Section 4 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and
 52    after July 1, 2009. Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act shall be in full force and
 53    effect on and after January 1, 2010.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 17945

This legislation increases revenue to the state and local highway
jurisdictions.  The legislation simplifies fee schedules and
applies fees equitably.   First; the legislation increases fees
for vehicles 8,000 to 60,000 maximum gross weight licensed at the
counties.  Second; the legislation combines all other vehicles
between 60,001 and 129,000 and sets a single fee for each truck
plus a mileage fee of $.045 per mile.  Intrastate and Interstate
trucks are included in the latter category.  


                          FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.  The estimated
increase to the Highway Distribution Account is $57.5 million
distributed: $32.8 million to the State Highway Account and $21.3
million to local jurisdictions and $2.9 million to the State
Police.




Contact
Name: Sen. Shawn Keough 
Phone: 208-332-1000
Sen. Tim Corder


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