House of Representatives

HB 2229

rental truck; trailers; surcharge

Sponsors: Representative Pearce

X	Committee on Ways and Means
	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

HB 2229 modifies the rental vehicle surcharge; that applies to rental vehicles to include trucks, trailers, or semi-trailers that are used to transport personal property.

History

The rental vehicle five percent surcharge was established in 1992 to encourage rental companies to register their vehicles in Arizona by providing a tax to assist with the vehicle license tax costs. The surcharge was applied to rental cars and vans because so many of these types of vehicles were being rented with out-of-state license plates causing the state to lose revenues. When these surcharge collections exceed the vehicle license tax, the excess goes to the Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) and is distributed in the same manner as other vehicle license tax revenues.

Provisions

· Eliminates the rental vehicle surcharge exemption for pick-up trucks or utility trailers that are subject to proportional registrations.

· Expands the definition of “rental vehicle” to include a truck, trailer or semi-trailer that has that has a gross vehicle weight of less then twenty-six thousand one pounds, that is rented without a driver and that is used in the transportation of personal property.

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· 44th Legislature

· Second Regular Session 2 January 19, 2001

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