Senate Engrossed House Bill |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HOUSE BILL 2398 |
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AN ACT
Amending sections 28-4307, 28-5925 and 44-281, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to transportation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-4307, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-4307. Civil damages; exception
A dealer who suffers a pecuniary loss or who is otherwise adversely affected because of a violation of this chapter by a manufacturer or distributor has a cause of action against the manufacturer or distributor for damages and may recover those damages in any court of competent jurisdiction. This section does not apply to a manufacturer or distributor of motorcycles.
Sec. 2. Section 28-5925, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-5925. Payment; distribution
A. The supplier, as shown in the records of the terminal operator, who removes the taxable gallons shall precollect and remit on behalf of consumers and users to the department the taxes that are imposed by sections 28‑5606 and 28‑8344 and that are measured by the invoiced gallons of motor fuel removed by a licensed supplier from a terminal or refinery in this state other than a bulk transfer.
B. The supplier and each reseller shall list the amount of tax as a separate line item on all invoices or billings or as a separate billing. A person who imposes an added charge to cover the tax levied by this article or a charge that is identified as being imposed to cover a tax shall not remit less than the amount collected to the department.
C. The motor fuel tax that is accrued in any calendar month shall be paid on or before the twenty‑seventh day of the next succeeding calendar month to the director.
D. A supplier shall remit any late taxes remitted to the supplier by an eligible purchaser and shall notify the department in a timely manner of any late remittances if that supplier has previously given notice to the department of an uncollectible tax amount pursuant to section 28‑5639, subsection B.
E. On payment, the director shall promptly:
1. Distribute the amount of money collected as a tax on sales of motor vehicle fuel used in propelling watercraft pursuant to section 28‑5926 beginning with the month following the conclusion of the survey conducted pursuant to section 28‑5926.
2. Deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, all remaining monies in the Arizona highway user revenue fund or the state aviation fund as determined from the reports filed pursuant to section 28‑5618.
F. The director shall deduct all exemptions and refunds before depositing the monies.
Sec. 3. Section 44-281, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-281. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" means the superintendent of financial institutions.
2. "Cash sale price" means the price stated in a retail installment contract for which the seller would have sold to the buyer, and the buyer would have bought from the seller, the motor vehicle which is the subject matter of the retail installment contract, if such sale had been a sale for cash instead of a retail installment transaction. The cash sale price may include charges for accessories and their installation and for delivery, and servicing, repairing or improving the motor vehicle, and for charges for other costs that are necessary or incidental to the transaction and that the seller furnishes or agrees to pay on behalf of the buyer, including taxes, assessor's fees, license fees and fees for filing, recording or otherwise perfecting or releasing a reserved title or lien, and may include a reasonable charge for the seller's services.
3. "Dealer" means any person who in any year sells on a noncash basis three or more motor vehicles at retail.
4. "Finance charge" means the amount agreed upon between the buyer and the seller, as limited herein, which in determining the cost of the motor vehicle is added to the aggregate of the following: The cash sale price and the amount, if any, included for insurance and other benefits where a separate cost is assigned thereto.
5. "Holder" of a retail installment contract means the retail seller of the motor vehicle under or subject to the contract or, if the contract is purchased by a sales finance company or other assignee, the sales finance company or other assignee.
6. "Motor vehicle" means any self‑propelled device in or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway, except:
(a) Devices that move upon or are guided by a track or travel through the air.
(b) The following, if not designed primarily for highway transportation, but which may incidentally be operated on a public highway:
(i) Tractors.
(ii) Buses.
(iii) Trucks.
(iv) Power shovels.
(v) Road machinery.
(vi) Agricultural machinery.
7. "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or other legal entity.
8. "Retail buyer" or "buyer" means a person who buys a motor vehicle from a retail seller, not for the purpose of resale, and who executes a retail installment contract in connection therewith.
9. "Retail installment contract" or "contract":
(a) Means an agreement, entered into in this state, pursuant to which the title to or a lien upon the motor vehicle, which is the subject matter of a retail installment transaction, is retained or taken by a retail seller from a retail buyer as security for the buyer's obligation.
(b) Includes:
(i) A conditional sales contract and a contract for the bailment or leasing of a motor vehicle by which the bailee or lessee contracts to pay as compensation for its use a sum substantially equivalent to or in excess of its value and by which it is agreed that the bailee or lessee is bound to become, or has the option of becoming, the owner of the motor vehicle for no other or a nominal consideration upon full compliance with the provisions of the contract.
(ii) A secondary motor vehicle finance transaction.
10. "Retail installment transaction" means any transaction evidenced by a retail installment contract entered into between a retail buyer and a retail seller wherein the retail buyer buys a motor vehicle from the retail seller at a cost payable in one or more deferred installments. The cash sale price of the motor vehicle, the amount included for insurance if a separate charge is made and the finance charge shall together constitute the cost of the motor vehicle.
11. "Retail seller" or "seller" means a person who sells a motor vehicle to a retail buyer for purposes other than resale under or subject to a retail installment contract. For the purposes of paragraph 13 of this section "seller" means a person who sells and retains the use of the motor vehicle.
12. "Sales finance company":
(a) Means a person engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of purchasing retail installment contracts from one or more retail sellers.
(b) Includes a person engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of creating or holding retail installment contracts that exceed a total aggregate outstanding indebtedness of twenty‑five fifty thousand dollars.
(c) Does not include:
(i) The pledgee of an aggregate number of retail installment contracts to secure a bona fide loan thereon.
(ii) a dealer who creates retail installment contracts and assigns the retail installment contracts to third party lenders or financial institutions unless the dealer holds retail installment contracts that exceed a total aggregate outstanding indebtedness of fifty thousand dollars.
13. "Secondary motor vehicle finance transaction":
(a) Means any contract that includes provisions for either:
(i) Obtaining a security interest in or lien on a motor vehicle other than in connection with the sale of that motor vehicle.
(ii) The sale or conditional sale of a motor vehicle and the seller's right to retain use of the motor vehicle after the sale or conditional sale.
(b) Includes any conditional sales contract or contract for the bailment or leasing of a motor vehicle in which the bailee or lessee agrees to pay for use of the motor vehicle and the bailee or lessee is required to become or has the option of becoming the owner of the vehicle for any or no compensation.
(c) Does not include any commercial transaction as defined in section 44‑291.