SB 1078
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: PS 6-0-1-0 | 3rd Read 28-1-1-0
SB 1078: manufacturer plates; proof of contract
Sponsor: Senator Dunn, LD 25
Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Overview
Allows a person to operate an unladen truck or passenger vehicle owned by a manufacturer
for personal transportation if other evidence of a contract and designation between the
manufacturer and the person is present inside the vehicle.
History
An unladen truck or passenger vehicle owned by a manufacturer and that is of a type
otherwise required to be registered is exempt from registration while the vehicle is used. The
vehicle may be operated under owner responsibility on public highways and streets if the
vehicle displays a manufacturer unladen truck and passenger vehicle test license plate or
plates issued to the owner.
The manufacturer, a full-time employee of the manufacturer in connection with the
manufacturer's business, a person who has permission of a full-time employee or a person
contracted and designated by the manufacturer to operate the vehicle for business purposes
may use a manufacturer unladen vehicle test license plate on a vehicle, including operation
of the vehicle as personal use transportation if it is assigned to a manufacturer, full-time
employee or contracted person on a full-time use basis and if a record of the assignment is
made (A.R.S. § 28-4539).
A manufacturer must keep a written record of the vehicles on which the unladen vehicle test
license plate or plates are used and the person to whom each test license plate or pair of
plates is assigned. The manufacturer must make the record available for inspection by the
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), an officer or agent of ADOT, a member of
the highway patrol or a peace officer. The record must contain for each test license plate the
date assigned and the make, type, year, model and identification number of a vehicle to which
it is assigned and the name and address of any assignee (A.R.S. § 28-4542).
Provisions
1. Permits a person, operating an unladen truck or passenger vehicle owned by a
manufacturer for personal transportation, to either present a record of assignment upon
inspection, or other evidence of a contract and designation between the manufacturer and
the person present inside the vehicle. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes a technical change. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note