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HOUSE BILL NO. 678<br /> – MV, registration fees, increased

HOUSE BILL NO. 678

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H0678.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law to increase the annual registration
fees for motor vehicles with a maximum gross weight not exceeding eight
thousand pounds; and to provide a partial exemption from certain fees for
certain applicants.

03/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/25    Rpt prt - Held at Desk
03/31    Ref'd to W/M

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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. 678

                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WITH A  MAXIMUM  GROSS
  3        WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS; AMENDING SECTION 49-402, IDAHO
  4        CODE,  TO  INCREASE  THE  ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE ON MOTOR VEHICLES WITH A
  5        MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS AND TO PROVIDE  A
  6        PARTIAL  EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN FEES FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS; AND PROVIDING
  7        AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-402, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:

 11        49-402.  ANNUAL REGISTRATION. (1) The annual fee for operating each pickup
 12    truck,  each neighborhood electric vehicle and each other motor vehicle having
 13    a maximum gross weight not in excess of eight thousand  (8,000)  pounds  shall
 14    be:
 15        Vehicles one (1) and two (2) years old ....................... $48.0084.00
 16        Vehicles three (3) and four (4) years old .................... $36.0066.00
 17        Vehicles five (5) and six (6) years old ...................... $36.0066.00
 18        Vehicles seven (7) and eight (8) years old ................... $24.0042.00
 19        Vehicles over eight (8) years old ............................ $24.0042.00
 20    Provided  however,  an applicant for registration of a vehicle seven (7) years
 21    or older under this subsection (1) shall qualify for a partial exemption  from
 22    the  registration  fee  if the applicant can provide proof satisfactory to the
 23    department that the applicant's annual income does not exceed one hundred per-
 24    cent (100%) of the federal poverty level. The exemption shall be  the  differ-
 25    ence  between the current fee and the fee in effect during calendar year 2008.
 26    The department shall promulgate rules to provide for  administration  of  this
 27    partial exemption.
 28        There  shall  be twelve (12) registration periods, starting in January for
 29    holders of validation registration stickers numbered 1, and proceeding consec-
 30    utively through December for holders of validation registration stickers  num-
 31    bered  12,  each of which shall start on the first day of a calendar month and
 32    end on the last day of the twelfth month from the first day of  the  beginning
 33    month.  Registration periods shall expire midnight on the last day of the reg-
 34    istration period  in  the  year  designated  by  the  validation  registration
 35    sticker.  The  numeral digit on the validation registration stickers shall, as
 36    does the registration card, fix the registration period  under  the  staggered
 37    plate  system of Idaho for the purpose of reregistration and notice of expira-
 38    tion.
 39        A vehicle that has once been registered for any of  the  above  designated
 40    periods  shall,  upon reregistration, be registered for the period bearing the
 41    same number, and the registration card shall show and be the  exclusive  proof
 42    of  the  expiration  date  of registration and licensing. Vehicles may be ini-
 43    tially registered for less than a twelve (12) month period, or for more than a

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  1    twelve (12) month period, and the fee prorated on a monthly basis if the frac-
  2    tional registration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly series  regis-
  3    tration system.
  4        (2)  For all school buses operated either by a nonprofit, nonpublic school
  5    or  operated  pursuant to a service contract with a school district for trans-
  6    porting children to or from school  or  in  connection  with  school  approved
  7    activities, the annual fee shall be twenty-four dollars ($24.00).
  8        (3)  For all motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles operated upon the public
  9    highways  the  annual  fee  shall be nine dollars ($9.00). For operation of an
 10    all-terrain vehicle or motorcycle off the public highways, the  fee  specified
 11    in  section  67-7122,  Idaho Code, shall be paid. Registration exemptions pro-
 12    vided in section 49-426(2), (3) and (4),  Idaho  Code,  apply  to  all-terrain
 13    vehicles  and  motorcycles used for the purposes described in subsections (2),
 14    (3) and (4) of section 49-426, Idaho Code.
 15        (4)  For all motor homes the fee shall be as specified in  subsection  (1)
 16    of  this  section and shall be in addition to the fees provided for in section
 17    49-445, Idaho Code.
 18        (5)  Registration fees shall not be subject to refund.
 19        (6)  A financial institution  or  repossession  service  contracted  to  a
 20    financial  institution  repossessing  vehicles  under  the terms of a security
 21    agreement shall move the vehicle from the place of repossession to the  finan-
 22    cial institution's place of business on a repossession plate. The repossession
 23    plate  shall  also be used for demonstrating the vehicle to a prospective pur-
 24    chaser for a period not to exceed ninety-six (96) hours. The registration fees
 25    for repossession plates shall be as required in subsection (1) of this section
 26    for a vehicle one (1) and two (2) years old. All  other  fees  required  under
 27    chapter 4, title 49, Idaho Code, shall be in addition to the registration fee.
 28    The repossession plate shall be issued on an annual basis by the department.
 29        (7)  In  addition  to  the  annual registration fee in this section, there
 30    shall be an initial program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and an  annual
 31    program fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for all special license plate programs
 32    for  those license plates issued pursuant to sections 49-404A, 49-407, 49-408,
 33    49-409, 49-414, 49-416, 49-418 and 49-418D, Idaho  Code.  For  special  plates
 34    issued  pursuant to sections 49-406 and 49-406A, Idaho Code, there shall be an
 35    initial program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)  but  there  shall  be  no
 36    annual  renewal  fee.  For special plates issued pursuant to sections 49-415C,
 37    49-415D,  49-416A,  49-416B,  49-416C,  49-416D,  49-416E,  49-417,   49-417A,
 38    49-417B,   49-417C,  49-418A,  49-418B,  49-418C,  49-418E,  49-419,  49-419A,
 39    49-419B, 49-419C, 49-419D, 49-420, 49-420A, 49-420B, 49-420C, 49-420D, 49-420E
 40    and 49-420G, Idaho Code, there shall be an initial program fee of  thirty-five
 41    dollars  ($35.00)  and  an annual program fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
 42    The fees contained in this subsection shall be applicable to all  new  special
 43    plate  programs.  The  initial program fee and the annual program fee shall be
 44    deposited in the state highway account and shall be used to fund the  cost  of
 45    administration  of  special license plate programs, unless otherwise specified
 46    by law.

 47        SECTION 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after  Janu-
 48    ary 1, 2009.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 18128C2

The purpose of this legislation is to increase the annual
registration fees for motor vehicles with a maximum weight not
exceeding eight thousand (8,000) pounds by seventy-eight percent
(78%).  A hardship clause allows for partial exemption of the fee
that was in effect in 2008 for those individuals at one hundred
percent (100%) of poverty level and whose vehicles are over seven
(7) years old.


                           FISCAL NOTE

The highway distribution account will increase by approximately
$30,000,000.






Contact
Name: Representative Shirley Ringo 
      Representative Bill Killen
      Representative Phylis King
      Representative Nicole LeFavour
      Representative James Ruchti
Phone: (208) 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 678