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1-House Engrossed commercial vehicles; fleet plates; fees State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HOUSE BILL 2414 An Act amending section 28-2003, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 7, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 28-2209 and 28-2210; amending sections 28-2233 and 28-2261, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to commercial vehicles. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
1+REFERENCE TITLE: commercial vehicles; fleet plates; fees State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HB 2414 Introduced by Representatives Cook: Carbone An Act amending section 28-2003, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 7, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 28-2209 and 28-2210; amending sections 28-2233 and 28-2261, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to commercial vehicles. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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6778 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 28-2003, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE28-2003. Fees; vehicle title and registration; identification plate; definition A. The following fees are required: 1. For each certificate of title, salvage certificate of title, restored salvage certificate of title or nonrepairable vehicle certificate of title, four dollars $4. 2. For each certificate of title for a mobile home, seven dollars $7. The director shall deposit three dollars $3 of each fee imposed by this paragraph in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991. 3. Except as provided in section 28-1177, for the registration of a motor vehicle, eight dollars $8, except that the fee for motorcycles is nine dollars $9. 4. For a duplicate registration card or any duplicate permit, four dollars $4. 5. For each special ninety day nonresident registration issued under section 28-2154, fifteen dollars $15. 6. For the registration of a trailer or semitrailer that is not a travel trailer, and that is ten thousand pounds or less gross vehicle weight and that is used in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise, eight dollars $8. 7. In addition to the fee prescribed by section 28-2210, if applicable, for the registration of a trailer or semitrailer that is not a travel trailer and that exceeds ten thousand pounds gross vehicle weight: (a) On initial registration, a one-time onetime fee of two hundred forty-five dollars $245. (b) On renewal of registration or if previously registered in another state, a one-time onetime fee of: (i) If the trailer's or semitrailer's model year is less than six years old, one hundred forty-five dollars $145. (ii) If the trailer's or semitrailer's model year is at least six years old, ninety-five dollars $95. 8. For the registration of a noncommercial trailer that is not a travel trailer and that is ten thousand pounds or less gross vehicle weight: (a) On initial registration, a one-time onetime fee of twenty dollars $20. (b) On renewal of registration, a one-time onetime fee of five dollars $5. 9. For a transfer of a noncommercial trailer that is not a travel trailer and that is ten thousand pounds or less gross vehicle weight, twelve dollars $12. 10. For each special ninety day resident registration issued under section 28-2154, fifteen dollars $15. 11. For each one trip registration permit issued under section 28-2155, one dollar $1. 12. For each temporary general use registration issued under section 28-2156, fifteen dollars $15. 13. For each identification plate bearing a serial or identification number to be affixed to any vehicle, five dollars $5. B. For the purposes of this section, "travel trailer" means a trailer that is: 1. Mounted on wheels. 2. Designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use. 3. Less than eight feet in width and less than forty feet in length. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 28, chapter 7, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 28-2209 and 28-2210, to read: START_STATUTE28-2209. Commercial vehicle fleet license plates A. The department may issue a commercial vehicle fleet license plate in a manner determined by the department. B. A fleet with more than one hundred commercial vehicles may apply for a commercial vehicle fleet license plate with the fleet's approved logo in a standard location on the license plate as designed by the department. The department may charge the fleet a fee in an amount to be determined by the director for the initial design and administration of the plate in addition to the registration fee required by section 28-2003. C. A fleet with more than twenty-five commercial vehicles may apply for a commercial vehicle fleet license plate with the fleet's name placed on the bottom of the license plate as designed by the department. The department may charge the fleet a fee in an amount to be determined by the director for the initial design and administration of the plate in addition to the registration fee required by section 28-2003.END_STATUTE START_STATUTE28-2210. Commercial truck safety, education and workforce fund A. The commercial truck safety, education and workforce fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to subsection B of this section and MONIES from GIFTS, grants and other donations. the director of the governor's office of highway safety shall administer the fund. On notice from the director of the governor's office of highway safety, the state treasurer shall invest and divest MONIES in the fund as provided in section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund. Up to ten percent of the monies in the fund may be used for administrative costs. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative APPROPRIATION and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. B. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all of the fees collected pursuant to subsection C of this section in the commercial truck safety, education and workforce fund. C. In addition to the fees prescribed in this chapter, the fees for a commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more that is registered pursuant to article 2, 7 or 8 of this chapter are as follows: 1. For a trailer that complies with the registration fee requirement under section 28-2003, a onetime fee in an amount to be determined by the director to be collected at initial registration. 2. For a commercial motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to article 7 or 8 of this chapter, an annual registration fee in an amount to be determined by the director. D. THe director of the governor's office of highway safety: 1. shall use monies deposited in the commercial truck safety, education and workforce fund pursuant to this section to improve trucking education and public safety, including assisting in workforce development for the trucking industry. 2. May enter into an agreement with an entity to assist in improving trucking education and public safety, including assisting in workforce development for the trucking industry. The entity must have been established in 2009 and must be a nonprofit corporation in this state that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue code for federal income tax purposes. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Section 28-2233, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE28-2233. Interstate commercial fleet registration; application; restrictions A. In lieu of the registration required by section 28-2153, in lieu of the full payment of fees prescribed by sections 28-2003 and 28-5433, in addition to the payment of fees prescribed by section 28-2210 and notwithstanding section 28-2321, a resident or nonresident engaged in operating one or more fleets of commercial vehicles in this state and another jurisdiction may register and license each fleet for operation in this state. B. The director may refuse to permit proportional registration of vehicles based in a jurisdiction that does not grant proportional registration privileges to fleet vehicles based in this state. C. A person may proportionally register and license a vehicle pursuant to this article by filing an application with the director. The execution of the application is subject to penalties of perjury for false statements. The application shall contain the following information and other information pertinent to vehicle registration as the director requires: 1. Total fleet miles determined as follows: (a) The total number of miles operated in all jurisdictions during the preceding year by the power units in the fleet. (b) If a fleet is composed entirely of trailers or semitrailers, the total number of miles that the vehicles were towed on the highways of all jurisdictions during the preceding year. 2. In-state miles determined as follows: (a) The total number of miles operated in this state during the preceding year by the power units in the fleet. (b) If a fleet is composed entirely of trailers or semitrailers, the total number of miles that the vehicles were towed on the highways of this state during the preceding year. 3. A description and identification of each vehicle of the fleet that is to be proportionally registered in this state during the registration year for which proportional fleet registration is requested. 4. For proportional registration of an interstate fleet to be operated in this state for the first time: (a) The mileage data with respect to the fleet for the preceding year in other jurisdictions and the estimated annual mileage for the fleet in this state. (b) If no operations were conducted with the fleet during the preceding year, a full statement of the proposed method of operation and estimates of annual mileage in this state and other jurisdictions. 5. The United States department of transportation number and the federal taxpayer identification number. D. The application shall not include as a proportionally registered fleet vehicle a vehicle that is operated exclusively in this state or a vehicle if the sole purpose of its operation in this state is for use in the conduct of intrastate business. E. The department shall not register a vehicle under this article unless it has been or will be proportionally or otherwise properly registered in at least one other jurisdiction during the period for which proportional registration is sought in this state. F. From the applications submitted for proportional registration of an interstate fleet to be operated in this state for the first time, the director shall fix the in-state and total fleet miles to be used in determining the mileage proportion for the fleet and may evaluate and adjust the estimate in the application if the director is not satisfied the estimate is correct. END_STATUTE Sec. 4. Section 28-2261, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE28-2261. Alternative proportional registration agreements; authority A. In lieu of the registration required by section 28-2153, in lieu of international proportional registration pursuant to article 7 of this chapter, in addition to the payment of fees prescribed by section 28-2210 and notwithstanding section 28-2321, the director may provide for the apportionment of registration and other fees for resident or nonresident fleets of apportionable commercial vehicles that are engaged in interstate and intrastate commerce between this state and another state or states in which fleets operate in accordance with a proportional registration agreement pursuant to this article. B. The director may enter into proportional registration agreements with another state or states providing that residents of the other state or states who operate a commercial vehicle may allocate and apportion the registration and other fees and taxes for the commercial vehicle prescribed in sections 28-2003, 28-5433, 28-5471 and 28-5801 pursuant to a formula agreed on by the director and the other state or states. C. The director may enter into an agreement pursuant to this article if residents of this state are granted the same allocation and apportionment privileges for commercial motor vehicles registered in the other state or states. An agreement, arrangement, declaration or amendment entered into pursuant to this article shall be in writing and is not effective until filed with the department.END_STATUTE
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