2005 Idaho Code - 49-434 — OPERATING FEES

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 4
                          MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
    49-434.  OPERATING FEES. (1) There shall be paid on all commercial
vehicles, noncommercial vehicles, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum
gross weight not in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual
registration fee in accordance with the following schedule.
    Unladen Weight for Wreckers            Annual Registration Fee
    Maximum Gross Weight              Noncommercial and    Commercial
    For Other Vehicles                  Farm Vehicles       Vehicles
    (Pounds)                                              and Wreckers
     8,001-16,000 inc. ................... $ 48.00          $ 48.00
    16,001-26,000 inc. ...................   61.08           143.40
    26,001-30,000 inc. ...................   91.68           223.80
    30,001-40,000 inc. ...................  130.08           291.60
    40,001-50,000 inc. ...................  188.28           360.00
    50,001-60,000 inc. ...................  311.88           515.40
    (2)  There shall be paid on all commercial vehicles, irrespective of body
type, and on all farm vehicles having a maximum gross weight in excess of
sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, an annual registration fee in the amount
prescribed by subsection (8) of this section, as applicable.
    (3)  In addition, the annual registration fee for trailers shall be:
    (a)  Trailer or semitrailer in a combination of vehicles ...........$15.00
    (b)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight of two thousand (2,000)
    pounds or less ......................................................$8.00
    (c)  Rental utility trailer with a gross weight over two thousand (2,000)
    pounds .............................................................$15.00
    (4)  As an option to the trailer and semitrailer annual registration, the
department may provide extended registration.
    (a)  For trailers and semitrailers, the optional extended-registration
    period shall not extend beyond seven (7) years.
    (b)  The fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each year.
    (c)  The license plate originally issued shall remain on the trailer or
    semitrailer until the registration expires.
    (d)  The registration document shall be the official record of the status
    of the extended registration. No pressure-sensitive validation sticker
    shall be required.
    (e)  For rental utility trailers, the optional registration period shall
    not extend beyond five (5) years. The fee shall be as specified in
    subsection (3)(b) or (c) of this section. A pressure-sensitive sticker
    shall be used to validate the license plate. The license plate shall
    become void if the owner's interest in the rental utility trailer changes
    during the five (5) year period. If the owner fails to enter the rental
    utility trailer on the annual renewal application during the five (5) year
    period, the registration record shall be purged. Any unrenewed plate shall
    be returned to the department if it is not entered on the renewal
    application.
    (5)  A fleet registration option is available to owners who have
twenty-five (25) or more commercial or farm vehicles or any combination
thereof. Such owners may register all of their company vehicles with the
department in lieu of registering with a county assessor. To qualify the fleet
must be owned and operated under the unified control of one (1) person and the
vehicles must be physically garaged and maintained in two (2) or more
counties. Fleet registration shall not include fleets of rental vehicles. The
department shall provide a registration application to the owner and the owner
shall provide all information that the department determines is necessary. The
department shall devise a special license plate numbering system for
fleet-registered vehicles as an alternative to county license plates. The
fleet registration application and all subsequent registration renewals shall
include the physical address where a vehicle is principally used, garaged and
maintained. The fleet owner shall report the physical address to the
department upon initial registration, on each renewal, and at any time a
vehicle registered under this option is permanently transferred to another
location.
    (6)  If the ownership of a vehicle changes during the registration period,
the original owner may transfer the plate to another vehicle. The remaining
fee shall be credited against the cost of the new registration. Refunds may be
given for any unexpired portion of the vehicle registration fee if the plate
is not transferred by the owner to another vehicle. Any request for refund
shall include surrender of the license plate, validation sticker and
registration document. Owners of vehicles registered under the international
registration plan may request a refund of the unexpired portion of the Idaho
vehicle registration fee by presenting evidence from the base jurisdiction
that the license plate, validation sticker and registration document have been
surrendered. A license plate shall not be transferred to another owner when
the ownership of a vehicle changes. The owner shall obtain a replacement
plate, validation sticker if required, and a registration document when a
plate is lost, destroyed or becomes illegible.
    (7)  An administrative fee of four dollars ($4.00) shall be paid and
deposited to the state highway account on all registrations completed by the
department under subsection (1) or (8)(a) of this section. Vehicles registered
under subsection (8)(b) of this section shall pay the fee provided in section
49-435(2), Idaho Code.
    (8)  There shall be paid on all commercial and farm vehicles having a
maximum gross weight in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) pounds, a
registration fee based upon the maximum gross weight of a vehicle as declared
by the owner and the total number of miles driven on roads and highways in the
state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho, and if registered
under the international registration plan (IRP), in all other jurisdictions.
The appropriate registration fee shall be determined as follows:
    (a)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
    plan (IRP), the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by the
    total miles an owner operated a fleet of vehicles on roads and highways in
    the state, county, city and highway district systems in Idaho and in all
    other jurisdictions in the preceding year, as defined in section 49-117,
    Idaho Code, and by the maximum gross weight of each vehicle within a
    fleet.
    (b)  If the owner registers vehicles under the international registration
    plan and determines that the average international registration plan fleet
    miles, calculated by dividing the total IRP fleet miles in all
    jurisdictions by the number of registered vehicles, is less than fifty
    thousand one (50,001) miles, the owner may apply to the department for
    refund of a portion of the registration fees paid, consistent with the fee
    schedules set forth in this section. The department shall provide an
    application for the refund. An owner making application for refund under
    this section shall be subject to auditing as provided in section 49-439,
    Idaho Code.
    (c)  If the owner is not registering vehicles under the international
    registration plan, the appropriate mileage column shall be determined by
    the total miles the owner operated each of the vehicles to be registered
    on roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district
    systems in Idaho in the preceding year and by the maximum gross weight of
    each vehicle.
      Maximum Gross
    Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
        (Pounds)
                      1 to    7,501 to  20,001 to   35,001 to     Over
                      7,500    20,000     35,000      50,000     50,000
      60,001-62,000   $223     $  511     $  789      $1,068     $1,560
      62,001-64,000   $251     $  576     $  890      $1,205     $1,760
      64,001-66,000   $280     $  642     $  992      $1,342     $1,960
      Maximum Gross
    Weight of Vehicle                      Total Miles Driven
        (Pounds)
      66,001-68,000   $309     $  707     $1,093      $1,479     $2,160
      68,001-70,000   $337     $  773     $1,194      $1,615     $2,360
      70,001-72,000   $366     $  838     $1,295      $1,752     $2,560
      72,001-74,000   $394     $  904     $1,396      $1,889     $2,760
      74,001-76,000   $423     $  969     $1,498      $2,026     $2,960
      76,001-78,000   $451     $1,035     $1,599      $2,163     $3,160
      78,001-80,000   $480     $1,100     $1,700      $2,300     $3,360
      80,001-82,000   $494     $1,133     $1,751      $2,368     $3,460
      82,001-84,000   $509     $1,165     $1,801      $2,437     $3,560
      84,001-86,000   $523     $1,198     $1,852      $2,505     $3,660
      86,001-88,000   $537     $1,231     $1,902      $2,574     $3,760
      88,001-90,000   $551     $1,264     $1,953      $2,642     $3,860
      90,001-92,000   $566     $1,296     $2,004      $2,711     $3,960
      92,001-94,000   $580     $1,329     $2,054      $2,779     $4,060
      94,001-96,000   $594     $1,362     $2,105      $2,848     $4,160
      96,001-98,000   $609     $1,395     $2,155      $2,916     $4,260
     98,001-100,000   $623     $1,427     $2,206      $2,985     $4,360
    100,001-102,000   $637     $1,460     $2,257      $3,053     $4,460
    102,001-104,000   $651     $1,493     $2,307      $3,121     $4,560
    104,001-106,000   $666     $1,526     $2,358      $3,190     $4,660
    106,001-108,000   $680     $1,558     $2,408      $3,258     $4,760
    108,001-110,000   $694     $1,591     $2,459      $3,327     $4,860
    110,001-112,000   $709     $1,624     $2,510      $3,395     $4,960
    112,001-114,000   $723     $1,657     $2,560      $3,464     $5,060
    114,001-116,000   $737     $1,689     $2,611      $3,532     $5,160
    116,001-118,000   $751     $1,722     $2,661      $3,601     $5,260
    118,001-120,000   $766     $1,755     $2,712      $3,669     $5,360
    120,001-122,000   $780     $1,788     $2,763      $3,738     $5,460
    122,001-124,000   $794     $1,820     $2,813      $3,806     $5,560
    124,001-126,000   $809     $1,853     $2,864      $3,874     $5,660
    126,001-128,000   $823     $1,886     $2,914      $3,943     $5,760
    128,001-129,000   $837     $1,918     $2,965      $4,011     $5,860
    (d)  In addition to the fees set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this
    subsection (8), an owner or operator may purchase a temporary permit as
    provided in section 49-432(2), Idaho Code, for operation of a vehicle at a
    weight in excess of the current, valid, registered maximum gross vehicle
    weight. The permit so issued shall be specific to the motor vehicle to
    which it is issued. No permit or fee shall be transferable or
    apportionable to any other vehicle, nor shall any such fee be refundable.
    (e)  Any commercial or farm vehicle registered for more than sixty
    thousand (60,000) pounds up to one hundred six thousand (106,000) pounds
    traveling fewer than two thousand five hundred (2,500) miles annually on
    roads and highways in the state, county, city and highway district systems
    in Idaho shall pay an annual registration fee of two hundred fifty-five
    dollars ($255). The provisions of section 49-437(2), Idaho Code, shall not
    apply to vehicles registered under this subsection (8)(e).
    (9) (a)  During the first registration year that the fee schedule in
    subsection (8)(c) of this section is in use, an owner shall use the
    mileage data from the records used to report the mileage use fee in the
    immediately preceding year as the basis for determining the appropriate
    registration fee schedule.
    (b)  Any owner who registers a motor vehicle for the first time and who
    has no mileage history for the vehicle shall estimate the miles to
    determine the appropriate fee schedule in subsection (8)(c) of this
    section. When estimating the miles, the owner shall provide a statement on
    the application of the method used to arrive at the estimated miles.
    (c)  Any owner using any fee schedule other than the highest fee schedule
    under subsection (8)(c) of this section, shall certify at the time of
    registration that the miles operated in the preceding year do not exceed
    the schedule applied for. Any owner using a fee schedule under subsection
    (8)(c) of this section that is less than the highest schedule shall
    maintain records to substantiate the use of the schedule as required by
    section 49-439, Idaho Code.
    (10) An owner registering under subsection (8)(a) or (8)(c) of this
section may elect to pay the full annual registration fee at the time of
registration or renewal of registration, or an owner may pay at least
one-quarter (1/4) of the annual registration fee due. The remainder of the
annual Idaho registration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on
dates as billed by the department.
    (11) An owner registering or renewing a registration under subsection
(8)(a) of this section electing to use installment payments as provided in
subsection (10) of this section, shall pay all of the fees due to other IRP
jurisdictions in addition to one-quarter (1/4) of the Idaho fee due at the
time of registration or reregistration. The remainder of the annual Idaho
registration fee shall be paid in three (3) equal installments on dates as
billed by the department.
    (12) If any vehicle or combinations of vehicles haul nonreducible loads,
as authorized under the provisions of section 49-1004, Idaho Code, and weigh
less than the starting weights per axle configuration listed in column 1 of
subsection (2), section 49-1004, Idaho Code, then and in that event there
shall be paid for that vehicle, in addition to the other fees required in this
section, an additional use fee of 2.1 mills per mile for each two thousand
(2,000) pounds or fraction thereof of the maximum gross weight in excess of
those set forth in section 49-1001, Idaho Code.