2005 Idaho Code - 49-426 — EXEMPTIONS FROM OPERATING FEES

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 4
                          MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
    49-426.  EXEMPTIONS FROM OPERATING FEES. The provisions of this chapter
with respect to operating fees shall not apply to:
    (1)  Motor vehicles owned or leased by the United States, the state, a
city, a county, any department thereof, any political subdivision or municipal
corporation of the state, any taxing district of the state, any state
registered nonprofit subscription fire protection unit, or any organization,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, organized for the operation,
maintenance, or management of an irrigation project or irrigation works or
system or for the purpose of furnishing water to its members or shareholders,
but in other respects shall be applicable.
    (2)  Farm tractors, implements of husbandry, those manufactured homes
which qualify for an exemption under the provisions of section 49-422, Idaho
Code, road rollers, wheel mounted tar buckets, portable concrete and/or mortar
mixers, wheel mounted compressors, tow dollies, portable toilet trailers,
street sweepers, and similar devices as determined by the department which are
temporarily operated or moved upon the highways need not be registered under
the provisions of this chapter, nor shall implements of husbandry be
considered towed units under registration of vehicle combinations as defined
in section 49-108(2), Idaho  Code. In addition, self-propelled wheelchairs,
three-wheeled bicycles, wheelchair conveyances, golf carts, lawn mowers, and
scooters operated by persons who by reason of physical disability are
otherwise unable to move about as pedestrians shall be exempt from
registration requirements under the provisions of this chapter. Motorcycles
and all-terrain vehicles need not be registered under the provisions of this
chapter if they are:
    (a)  Being used exclusively in connection with agricultural,
    horticultural, dairy and livestock growing and feeding operations or used
    exclusively for snow removal purposes. Travel upon the public highways
    shall be limited to travel between farm or ranch locations. Motorcycles
    and all-terrain vehicles used for this purpose shall meet the requirements
    of section 49-619, Idaho Code; or
    (b)  Used exclusively on unpaved highways located on state public lands or
    federal public lands which are not part of the highway system of the state
    of Idaho, a county, highway district or city, provided the registration
    requirements of section 49-402 or section 67-7122, Idaho Code, are met.
    (3)  Any political subdivision of the state of Idaho may, but only after
sufficient public notice is given and a public hearing held, adopt local
ordinances designating highways or sections of highways under its jurisdiction
upon which unregistered all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles may be operated.
No controlled access highways shall be designated under this subsection. The
requirements of title 18 and chapters 6, 8, 12, 13 and 14, title 49, Idaho
Code, shall apply to the operation of any unregistered motorcycle and
all-terrain vehicle upon such designated highways. Costs related to the
posting of signs on such designated highways or sections of highways
indicating the ordinance are eligible for reimbursement through the motorbike
recreation account created in section 67-7126, Idaho Code.
    (4)  The Idaho transportation board may designate sections of state
highways over which all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles not registered under
this chapter 4 may cross. The requirements of title 18, and chapters 6, 8, 12,
13 and 14, title 49, Idaho Code, shall apply to the operation of unregistered
all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles when using designated crossings on state
highways.