Vehicle registration fees.

WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0231

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0069

Vehicle registration fees.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Vranish and Madden

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration; amending county registration fees; providing for reimbursement of
lost revenues to
counties;
requiring a budget request for reimbursement amounts;

providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date
.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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3
‑
101(a)(i)(F),
by creating new subparagraphs (G) through (K)
and by creating
a
new subsection (j)
is amended to read:

31
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3
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101.

Registration fees; exemptions
.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided, the following fees shall accompany each application for the registration of a vehicle:

(i)

A county registration fee computed as follows, or five dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater:

(F)

3% of 15% of the factory price plus special equipment value for a vehicle in its sixth year of service
;

and thereafter.

(G)

3% of 12
% of the factory price plus special equipment value for a vehicle in its
seventh
year of service;

(H)

3% of 9
% of the factory price plus special equipment value for a vehicle in its
eighth
year of service;

(J)

3% of 6
% of the factory price plus special equipment value for a vehicle in its
ninth
year of service;

(K)

3% of 3
% of the factory price plus special equipment value for a vehicle in its
tenth
year of service
and thereafter.

(j)

On or before
February 1, 2014
and
not later than February 1 of each subsequent year
thereafter, any county

may submit
a payment request
to the
state auditor
certifying the
revenue
collected
during the prior
calendar
year
pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this section
and
the revenue which would have been collected if
paragraph (a)(i) of this section set the county registration fee
during a vehicle's sixth year of service and every year thereafter

at
3% of 15% of
the
vehicle's
factory price plus special equipment value.

After

receipt of the
payment request
,
and as soon as practicable while ensuring compliance with this subsection,
the state
auditor
shall
transfer to the county the
difference between the two

(2)
amount
s

certified
on the payment request from fund
s appropriated for that purpose. In the event that available funds cannot pay all claims made under this subsection, the state auditor shall
make payment to all
counties submitting claims before the deadline
on a
pro rata
basis according to the total of a county's payment request compared to the total of all payment requests.
The state auditor shall prepare a biennial budget request prior to each budget session of the legislature for the purpose of funding the payments anticipated under this subsection and shall submit the
request to the governor pursuant to W.S. 9
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2
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1010 through 9
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2
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1013.

Section 2.
There is appropriated from the general fund to the state auditor
thirty-nine
million five hundred
dollars ($
39
,500,000
.00)
. This appropriation shall be expended only for the purpose of making payment to the counties of the amounts requested under this act on or before February 1, 2014. These funds shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation on
June 30
, 2014 shall revert pursuant to law.

Section 3
.
This act shall apply to county registration fees due on or after January 1, 2013.

Section 4
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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