2012 California Codes
RTC - Revenue and Taxation Code
DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES [6001 - 60709]
PART 1.55 - MOTOR CARRIERS
CHAPTER 1 - Motor Carriers of Property Permit Fee
Section 7236

  

(a) Uniform business license tax fee payments collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 7232 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. All other funds collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 7232 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. The following fees shall be paid to the department:

(1) For-hire motor carriers of property shall pay, according to the following schedule, fees indicated as the safety fee and uniform business license tax fee, based on the size of their motor vehicle fleet.

(2) Private carriers of property with a fleet size of 10 or less motor vehicles shall pay a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35). Private carriers of property with a fleet size of 11 or more motor vehicles shall pay, according to the following schedule, fees indicated as the safety fee, based on the size of their motor vehicle fleet. Any carrier that does not pay a uniform business license tax fee shall not operate as a for-hire motor carrier.

(3) A seasonal permit may be issued to a motor carrier of property upon payment of fees indicated as the safety fee and one-twelfth of the fee indicated as the uniform business license tax fee, rounded to the next dollar, for each month the permit is valid. The original seasonal permit shall be valid for a period of not less than six months, and may be renewed upon payment of a five-dollar ($5) fee, and one-twelfth of the fee indicated as a uniform business license tax fee for each additional month of operation.

Fleet Size—Commercial Motor Vehicles Fee

Safety Fee

Uniform Business License Tax

 1 

 $60

 $60

2-4

 $75

$125

5-10 

$200

$275

 11-20 

$240

$470

 21-35 

$325

$650

36-50

$430

$880

 51-100

$535

$1,075

101-200

$635

$1,300

201-500

$730

$1,510

 501-1,000

$830

$1,715

1,001-2,000

$930

$1,900

2,001-over 

$1,030

$2,000

Notwithstanding the above fee schedule, motor carriers of property with 10 or fewer trucks shall not pay fees higher than they would have paid under the fee structure in place as of January 1, 1996. Notwithstanding Section 34606 of the Vehicle Code, fees for these carriers shall not be subject to an increase by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(b) Funds derived from safety fees shall remain in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund and shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature to cover costs incurred by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol in regulating motor carriers of property pursuant to Division 14.85 (commencing with Section 34600) of the Vehicle Code.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the fee schedule established in subdivision (a) shall not discriminate against small fleet or individual vehicle operators or result in a disproportionate share of those fees being assigned to small fleet or individual vehicle operators.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 518, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)