ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: TI DP 9-2-0-0

HB 2414: commercial vehicles; fleet plates; fees

Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 7

House Engrossed

Overview

Authorizes the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to issue a commercial vehicle fleet license plate. Creates the Commercial Truck Safety, Education and Workforce Fund.

History

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 (A.R.S. § 28-2233).

The Director of ADOT 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 alternative proportional registration (A.R.S. § 28-2261).

A person may register a fleet on an annual basis so that the registration for all vehicles in the fleet expires in the same month. The Director of ADOT must approve the request for fleet registration if the applicant, at least 30 days before the registration date, provides an application containing information necessary for qualification as a fleet registrant and provides a list of all vehicles to be included in the fleet (A.R.S. § 28-2202).

The initial one-time registration fee is $245 for a trailer or semitrailer that is not a travel trailer and that exceeds 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and on renewal or if previously registered in another state, a one-time fee of $145 if the trailer's or semitrailer's model year is less than six years old or $95 if the model year is at least six years old (A.R.S. § 28-2003).

A fleet means two or more vehicles owned by a person and registered in this state (A.R.S. § 28-2201).

Provisions

Commercial Vehicle Fleet License Plates

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteAllows ADOT to issue a commercial vehicle fleet license plate. (Sec. 2)

2.   Allows a fleet with more than 100 commercial vehicles to 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 ADOT. (Sec. 2)

3.   States that a fleet with more than 25 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 ADOT. (Sec. 2)

4.   Specifies that ADOT may charge the fleet applying for a commercial vehicle fleet license plate a fee in an amount determined by the Director of ADOT for the initial design and administration of the plate in addition to the required registration fee. (Sec. 2)

Commercial Truck Safety, Education and Workforce Fund

5.   Establishes the Commercial Truck Safety, Education and Workforce Fund (Fund). (Sec. 2)

6.   Instructs the Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (Director) to administer the Fund. (Sec. 2)

7.   Directs the State Treasurer to invest and divest monies in the Fund on notice from the Director and states that monies earned from investment must be credited to the Fund. (Sec. 2)

8.   Allows up to 10% of Fund monies to be used for administrative costs. (Sec. 2)

9.   Specifies that Fund monies are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from lapsing. (Sec. 2)

10.  Requires the Director of ADOT to deposit the following fees in the Fund, collected from the following commercial motor vehicles that are registered with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more:

a)   a one-time fee that is collected at the initial registration in an amount to be determined by the Director of ADOT for a trailer that complies with the specified registration fee requirements; and

b)   an annual registration fee in an amount to be determined by the Director of ADOT for a commercial motor vehicle registered under international or alternative proportional registration. (Sec. 2)

11.  Instructs the Director to use the monies deposited into the Fund to improve trucking education and public safety, including assisting in workforce development for the trucking industry. (Sec. 2)

12.  Adds that the Director 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. (Sec. 2)

13.  Specifies that the entity must have been established in 2009 and must be a nonprofit corporation in Arizona that is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code for Federal Income Tax purposes. (Sec. 2)

Miscellaneous

14.  Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 3, 4)

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