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HOUSE BILL NO. 677<br /> – MV, over 8,000 lbs, operating fees

HOUSE BILL NO. 677

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H0677.....................................................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
increase the registration fee on commercial trailers; and to increase fees
for vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand
pounds.

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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. 677

                                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 49-434, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE
  4        OPERATING FEES FOR COMMERCIAL, NONCOMMERCIAL AND FARM  VEHICLES  HAVING  A
  5        MAXIMUM  GROSS WEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS, TO INCREASE THE
  6        REGISTRATION FEE ON COMMERCIAL TRAILERS AND TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR VEHI-
  7        CLES HAVING A MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS  OF  SIXTY  THOUSAND  POUNDS;
  8        DIRECTING  THE  IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO APPLY THE FEE SCHEDULES
  9        IN SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT TO REGISTRATIONS EFFECTIVE ON AND  AFTER  JANUARY
 10        1,  2010,  TO  ALL  APPLICATIONS  SUBMITTED DURING THE PERIOD JULY THROUGH
 11        DECEMBER 2009; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES.

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

 13        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-434, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:

 15        49-434.  OPERATING  FEES.  (1) There shall be paid on all commercial vehi-
 16    cles, noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum  gross
 17    weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration
 18    fee in accordance with the following schedule.
 19        Unladen Weight for Wreckers            Annual Registration Fee
 20        Maximum Gross Weight              Noncommercial and    Commercial
 21        For Other Vehicles                  Farm Vehicles       Vehicles
 22        (Pounds)                                              and Wreckers
 23         8,001-16,000 inc. ................... $ 48.0066.24     $ 48.0066.24
 24        16,001-26,000 inc. ...................   61.0884.24      143.40197.88
 25        26,001-30,000 inc. ...................   91.68126.48     223.80308.88
 26        30,001-40,000 inc. ...................  130.08179.52     291.60402.48
 27        40,001-50,000 inc. ...................  188.28259.80     360.00496.80
 28        50,001-60,000 inc. ...................  311.88430.44     515.40711.24
 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 ......$15.0020.76
 35        (b)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight of  two  thousand  (2,000)
 36        pounds or less .................................................$8.0011.04
 37        (c)  Rental  utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand (2,000)
 38        pounds ........................................................$15.0020.76
 39        (4)  As an option to  the  trailer  and  semitrailer  and  rental  utility
 40    trailer  annual  registrations  issued pursuant to subsection (3) of this sec-
 41    tion, the department may provide a nonexpiring registration for  trailers  and
 42    semitrailers,  and  an  optional,  extended  registration  for  rental utility
 43    trailers.

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  1        (a)  For trailers and semitrailers, the nonexpiring registration fee shall
  2        be one hundred five forty-four dollars and ninety cents ($105144.90).  The
  3        license plate originally issued shall remain on the trailer or semitrailer
  4        until  the  registration  is canceled. If the registrant does not transfer
  5        the plate and registration to another trailer or semitrailer titled to the
  6        registrant, the plate and registration shall be canceled and  no  part  of
  7        the  fee is subject to refund. Provided however, the registrant may trans-
  8        fer the nonexpiring plate and registration to  another  trailer  or  semi-
  9        trailer  titled  to the registrant. The registration document shall be the
 10        official  record  of  the  status  of  the  nonexpiring  registration.  No
 11        pressure-sensitive validation sticker shall be required or issued for such
 12        nonexpiring license plate.
 13        (b)  For rental utility trailers, the registrant  may  prepay  the  annual
 14        registration  for  an  additional  one (1), two (2), three (3) or four (4)
 15        years, but in no event  shall  the  optional  registration  period  extend
 16        beyond  five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in subsection (3)(b)
 17        or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker shall be used to val-
 18        idate the license plate. The  license  plate  shall  become  void  if  the
 19        owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes during the five (5)
 20        year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental utility trailer on the
 21        annual  renewal application during the five (5) year period, the registra-
 22        tion record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall be returned to  the
 23        department if it is not entered on the renewal application.
 24        (5)  A  fleet  registration option is available to owners who have twenty-
 25    five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination thereof. Such
 26    owners may register all of their company vehicles with the department in  lieu
 27    of  registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet must be owned and
 28    operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the vehicles must  be
 29    physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more counties. Fleet registra-
 30    tion shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The department shall provide
 31    a registration application to the owner and the owner shall provide all infor-
 32    mation  that  the  department  determines  is  necessary. The department shall
 33    devise a special license plate numbering system for fleet-registered  vehicles
 34    as an alternative to county license plates. The fleet registration application
 35    and  all  subsequent  registration renewals shall include the physical address
 36    where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and maintained. The  fleet  owner
 37    shall report the physical address to the department upon initial registration,
 38    on  each  renewal,  and  at any time a vehicle registered under this option is
 39    permanently transferred to another location.
 40        (6)  If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
 41    the original owner may transfer the plate to another  vehicle.  The  remaining
 42    fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
 43    given  for  any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
 44    is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle.  Any  request  for  refund
 45    shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and registra-
 46    tion document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international registra-
 47    tion  plan  may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho vehicle
 48    registration fee by presenting evidence from the base  jurisdiction  that  the
 49    license  plate, validation sticker and registration document have been surren-
 50    dered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when the own-
 51    ership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement plate, vali-
 52    dation sticker if required, and a registration document when a plate is  lost,
 53    destroyed or becomes illegible.
 54        (7)  An  administrative  fee  of  four  dollars  ($4.00) shall be paid and
 55    deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed  by  the

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  1    department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles registered
  2    under subsection (8)(b) of this section  shall pay the fee provided in section
  3    49-435(2), Idaho Code.
  4        (8)  There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a max-
  5    imum  gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a registration
  6    fee based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared by the  owner
  7    and  the  total  number  of  miles  driven on roads and highways in the state,
  8    county, city and highway district systems in Idaho, and  if  registered  under
  9    the  international  registration  plan  (IRP), in all other jurisdictions. The
 10    appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
 11        (a)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international  registration
 12        plan  (IRP),  the  appropriate  mileage  column shall be determined by the
 13        total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
 14        the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and  in  all
 15        other  jurisdictions  in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
 16        Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross  weight  of  each  vehicle  within  a
 17        fleet.
 18        (b)  If  the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
 19        plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
 20        miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in  all  jurisdic-
 21        tions  by  the  number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty thousand
 22        one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for refund of  a
 23        portion  of  the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee schedules
 24        set forth in this section. The department shall provide an application for
 25        the refund. An owner making application  for  refund  under  this  section
 26        shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439, Idaho Code.
 27        (c)  If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international reg-
 28        istration  plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
 29        total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to  be  registered  on
 30        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
 31        in  Idaho  in  the  preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of each
 32        vehicle.
 33          Maximum Gross
 34        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
 35            (Pounds)
 36                             1 to     7,501 to  20,001 to    35,001 to      Over
 37                            7,500      20,000     35,000       50,000      50,000
 38          60,001-62,000   $  223     $  511     $  789       $1,068      $1,560
 39                             307.80     704.76   1,089.24     1,473.60    2,152.80
 40          62,001-64,000   $  251     $  576     $  890       $1,205      $1,760
 41                             346.44     795.12   1,228.80     1,662.60    2,428.80
 42          64,001-66,000   $  280     $  642     $  992       $1,342      $1,960
 43                             386.40     885.48   1,368.48     1,851.48    2,704.80
 44          66,001-68,000   $  309     $  707     $1,093       $1,479      $2,160
 45                             426.48     975.84   1,508.16     2,040.48    2,980.80
 46          68,001-70,000   $  337     $  773     $1,194       $1,615      $2,360
 47                             465.12   1,066.20   1,647.84     2,229.36    3,256.80
 48          70,001-72,000   $  366     $  838     $1,295       $1,752      $2,560
 49                             505.08   1,156.56   1,787.40     2,418.24    3,532.80
 50          72,001-74,000   $  394     $  904     $1,396       $1,889      $2,760
 51                             543.72   1,246.92   1,927.08     2,607.24    3,808.80
 52          74,001-76,000   $  423     $  969     $1,498       $2,026      $2,960
 53                             583.80   1,337.28   2,066.76     2,796.12    4,084.80
 54          76,001-78,000   $  451     $1,035     $1,599       $2,163      $3,160
 55                             622.44   1,427.64   2,206.32     2,985.12    4,360.80

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  1          Maximum Gross
  2        Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
  3            (Pounds)
  4          78,001-80,000   $  480     $1,100     $1,700       $2,300      $3,360
  5                             662.40   1,518.00   2,346.00     3,174.00    4,636.80
  6          80,001-82,000   $  494     $1,133     $1,751       $2,368      $3,460
  7                             681.72   1,563.12   2,415.84     3,268.44    4,774.80
  8          82,001-84,000   $  509     $1,165     $1,801       $2,437      $3,560
  9                             702.48   1,608.36   2,485.68     3,362.88    4,912.80
 10          84,001-86,000   $  523     $1,198     $1,852       $2,505      $3,660
 11                             721.80   1,653.48   2,555.52     3,457.44    5,050.80
 12          86,001-88,000   $  537     $1,231     $1,902       $2,574      $3,760
 13                             741.12   1,698.72   2,625.24     3,551.88    5,188.80
 14          88,001-90,000   $  551     $1,264     $1,953       $2,642      $3,860
 15                             760.44   1,743.84   2,695.08     3,646.32    5,326.80
 16          90,001-92,000   $  566     $1,296     $2,004       $2,711      $3,960
 17                             781.08   1,789.08   2,764.92     3,740.76    5,464.80
 18          92,001-94,000   $  580     $1,329     $2,054       $2,779      $4,060
 19                             800.40   1,834.20   2,834.76     3,835.20    5,602.80
 20          94,001-96,000   $  594     $1,362     $2,105       $2,848      $4,160
 21                             819.72   1,879.44   2,904.60     3,929.76    5,740.80
 22          96,001-98,000   $  609     $1,395     $2,155       $2,916      $4,260
 23                             840.48   1,924.56   2,974.44     4,024.20    5,878.80
 24         98,001-100,000   $  623     $1,427     $2,206       $2,985      $4,360
 25                             859.80   1,969.80   3,044.16     4,118.64    6,016.80
 26        100,001-102,000   $  637     $1,460     $2,257       $3,053      $4,460
 27                             879.12   2,014.92   3,114.00     4,213.08    6,154.80
 28        102,001-104,000   $  651     $1,493     $2,307       $3,121      $4,560
 29                             898.44   2,060.16   3,183.84     4,307.52    6,292.80
 30        104,001-106,000   $  666     $1,526     $2,358       $3,190      $4,660
 31                             919.08   2,105.28   3,253.68     4,402.08    6,430.80
 32        106,001-108,000   $  680     $1,558     $2,408       $3,258      $4,760
 33                             938.40   2,150.52   3,323.52     4,496.52    6,568.80
 34        108,001-110,000   $  694     $1,591     $2,459       $3,327      $4,860
 35                             957.72   2,195.64   3,393.36     4,590.96    6,706.80
 36        110,001-112,000   $  709     $1,624     $2,510       $3,395      $4,960
 37                             978.48   2,240.88   3,463.20     4,685.40    6,844.80
 38        112,001-114,000   $  723     $1,657     $2,560       $3,464      $5,060
 39                             997.80   2,286.00   3,532.92     4,779.84    6,982.80
 40        114,001-116,000   $  737     $1,689     $2,611       $3,532      $5,160
 41                           1,017.12   2,331.24   3,602.76     4,874.40    7,120.80
 42        116,001-118,000   $  751     $1,722     $2,661       $3,601      $5,260
 43                           1,036.44   2,376.36   3,672.60     4,968.84    7,258.80
 44        118,001-120,000   $  766     $1,755     $2,712       $3,669      $5,360
 45                           1,057.08   2,421.60   3,742.44     5,063.28    7,396.80
 46        120,001-122,000   $  780     $1,788     $2,763       $3,738      $5,460
 47                           1,076.40   2,466.72   3,812.28     5,157.72    7,534.80
 48        122,001-124,000   $  794     $1,820     $2,813       $3,806      $5,560
 49                           1,095.72   2,511.96   3,882.12     5,252.16    7,672.80
 50        124,001-126,000   $  809     $1,853     $2,864       $3,874      $5,660
 51                           1,116.48   2,557.08   3,951.84     5,346.72    7,810.80
 52        126,001-128,000   $  823     $1,886     $2,914       $3,943      $5,760
 53                           1,135.80   2,602.32   4,021.68     5,441.16    7,948.80
 54        128,001-129,000   $  837     $1,918     $2,965       $4,011      $5,860
 55                           1,155.12   2,647.44   4,091.52     5,535.60    8,086.80

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  1        (d)  In addition to the fees set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c)  of  this
  2        subsection  (8),  an  owner or operator may purchase a temporary permit as
  3        provided in section 49-432(2), Idaho Code, for operation of a vehicle at a
  4        weight in excess of the current, valid, registered maximum  gross  vehicle
  5        weight.  The  permit  so  issued shall be specific to the motor vehicle to
  6        which it is issued. No permit or fee shall be transferable  or  apportion-
  7        able to any other vehicle, nor shall any such fee be refundable.
  8        (e)  Any  commercial  or farm vehicle registered for more than sixty thou-
  9        sand (60,000) pounds up to  one  hundred  six  thousand  (106,000)  pounds
 10        traveling  fewer  than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles annually on
 11        roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
 12        in Idaho shall pay an annual registration fee of  two  hundred  fifty-five
 13        dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
 14        apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(e).
 15        (9)  (a) During  the first registration year that the fee schedule in sub-
 16        section (8)(c) of this section is in use, an owner shall use  the  mileage
 17        data  from  the  records used to report the mileage use fee in the immedi-
 18        ately preceding year as the basis for determining the  appropriate  regis-
 19        tration fee schedule.
 20        (b)  Any  owner  who  registers a motor vehicle for the first time and who
 21        has no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to  deter-
 22        mine  the  appropriate  fee schedule in subsection (8)(c) of this section.
 23        When estimating the miles, the owner shall  provide  a  statement  on  the
 24        application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
 25        (c)  Any  owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee schedule
 26        under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of reg-
 27        istration that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed  the
 28        schedule  applied  for.  Any  owner  using a fee schedule under subsection
 29        (8)(c) of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall  main-
 30        tain  records  to substantiate the use of the schedule as required by sec-
 31        tion 49-439, Idaho Code.
 32        (10) An owner registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of  this  sec-
 33    tion  may  elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time of regis-
 34    tration or renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at  least  one-quarter
 35    (1/4)  of  the  annual registration fee due. The remainder of the annual Idaho
 36    registration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal  installments  on  dates  as
 37    billed by the department.
 38        (11) An  owner  registering  or  renewing  a registration under subsection
 39    (8)(a) of this section electing to use installment  payments  as  provided  in
 40    subsection  (10)   of this section, shall pay all of the fees due to other IRP
 41    jurisdictions in addition to one-quarter (1/4) of the Idaho  fee  due  at  the
 42    time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho reg-
 43    istration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as billed
 44    by the department.
 45        (12) If  any  vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
 46    as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code,  and  weigh
 47    less  than  the  starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
 48    subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then  and  in  that  event  there
 49    shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
 50    section,  an  additional  use  fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
 51    (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight  in  excess  of
 52    those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.

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

  5        SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act shall be in full force and effect on and
  6    after July 1, 2009, and Section 1 of this act  shall  be  in  full  force  and
  7    effect on and after January 1, 2010.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 18129C1

The purpose of this legislation is to increase operating fees for
commercial, noncommercial and farm vehicles having a maximum
gross weight not exceeding sixty thousand (60,000) pounds to
increase the registration fee on commercial trailers and to
increase the fees for vehicles having a maximum gross weight in
excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds.  Those fees are to be
increased by thirty-eight percent (38%).  


                           FISCAL NOTE

The effect of these fee changes will increase the amount in the
highway distribution account by approximately $20,000,000.







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 677