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SB1065: commercial vehicles; ports of entry

PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Brophy McGee, LD 28

BILL STATUS: Caucus & COW

                TI: 8-0-0-0

Legend: ADOT – Arizona Department of Transportation Director – Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation SETIF – Safety Enforcement and Transportation Infrastructure Fund Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to commercial vehicle border crossing fees.

Provisions

1.       Allows the Director to establish a fee on the number of axles attached to a commercial vehicle or commercial vehicle combination entering a county with a population of less than 190,000 people or more than 250,000 people from Mexico. (Sec. 1) (TI)

2.       Removes the stipulation that the vehicle operator must be a nonresident to be required to pay the fee. (Sec. 1) (TI)

3.       ALLOWS ADOT TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY, TOWN OR COUNTY RECEIVING REVENUE FROM THE EXCESS WEIGHT PERMIT FEES TO DEPOSIT ANY AGREED UPON PORTION OF THE REVENUE INTO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND. (Sec. 1) (TI)

4.       Instructs the Director to deposit the collected fees into the State Highway Fund instead of SETIF. (Sec. 1) (TI)

5.       Stipulates that monies deposited into the State Highway Fund from commercial vehicle axle and excess weight permit fees be used only for transportation facilities within 20 miles of the port of entry.

a.       Requires ADOT to proportionally spend monies received from ports of entry used by commercial vehicles and commercial combination vehicles to enter the state. (Sec. 4)

6.       Defines commercial vehicle, commercial combination vehicle and transportation facilities. (Sec. 4)

7.       Contains a retroactive effective date of July 1, 2018. (Sec. 5)

8.       Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-3)

Current Law

A vehicle operator may purchase a 30-day excess weight permit for a fee of $75 or an annual permit for a fee of $600 to enter an international port of entry in a commercial vehicle. ADOT and the State Treasurer distribute 50% of the monies received to the State Highway Fund, 25% to counties located within the 25-mile commercial border zone identified on the permit, and 25% to cities and towns counties located within the 25-mile commercial border zone identified on the permit. (A.R.S. §28-1105)

The Director may adopt rules to establish a fee on the number of axles attached to a foreign vehicle or foreign combination vehicle that is operated by a nonresident and entering the state from Mexico. All funds received from the fee are deposited into SETIF. A foreign vehicle or foreign combination vehicle is defined as a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer that is registered or under the jurisdiction of a foreign country and enters the state from Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise (A.R.S. §28-5474).

Monies deposited into SETIF are spent on developing and maintaining safe highway conditions relating to the Arizona and Mexico border and collecting international trade data (A.R.S. §28-6547).

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  SB 1065

Second Regular Session                               Version 2: Caucus & COW

 

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