ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
trailers; semitrailers;
permanent registration
Establishes a one-time
registration and vehicle license tax fee for trailers or semitrailers that
exceed 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW) and appropriates $180,000
in FY 2001-2002 to the
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) from the state highway fund (SHF)
for implementation of the permanent registration system.
Current statute requires a
registration fee of $49 annually for a trailer or semitrailer that exceeds
10,000 pounds GVW. The vehicle license
tax (VLT) is assessed by a rate applied to each $100 of a vehicle’s value. For a new trailer, the trailer’s value is
considered to be 60 percent of the manufacturer’s base price. Following the initial year, the value of a
trailer is considered to be 16.25 percent less per year than the prior year’s
value. The assessment rate of trailers and
semitrailers is currently equal to the rate assessed to motor vehicles. According to the Motor Vehicle Division,
12,016 trailers or semitrailers over 10,000 pound GVW are registered in the
state as of December 31, 2000.
Laws 1997, Chapter 292
required a one-time registration and VLT fee for noncommercial trailers that
are not travel trailers and weigh less than 6,000 pounds GVW. These fees include a flat rate of $5 and $70
VLT for the registration of trailers already registered in the state. New registrations in the state require a $20
registration fee and a $105 VLT. This legislation extends permanent
registration to trailers and semitrailers that exceed 10,000 pounds GVW.
According to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee, this legislation has a net impact of $1,144,000
to the state highway fund in FY 2001-2002, including accelerated one-time
trailer registration fee and a one-time vehicle tax revenue of $1,175,600 and a
one-time implementation cost of $31,600.
1. Appropriates $180,000 in FY 2001-2002 to ADOT from the SHF for implementation of the permanent registration system. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
2. Requires a one-time initial registration fee of $245 and a one-time renewal of registration of $145 for a trailer or semitrailer that exceeds 10,000 pounds GVW.
3. Prescribes a one-time initial vehicle license tax of $555 and a one-time renewal of registration of $355 for a trailer or semitrailer that exceeds 10,000 pounds GVW.
4. Eliminates the $49 registration fee for a trailer or semitrailer that exceeds 10,000 pounds GVW.
5. Removes obsolete language.
6. Makes technical and conforming changes.
7. Contains a delayed effective date of September 1, 2001.
House Action Senate Action
TRANS 3/19/01 DPA 6-0-2 TRANS 1/25/01 DP 8-0-0
APPROP 3/27/01 DP 10-0-0 3rd Read 2/21/01 25-4-1
3rd Read 4/9/01 58-0-2
Signed by the Governor 4/19/01
Chapter 154
Prepared by Senate Staff
May 1, 2001