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21LSO-0009
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0009
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0024
Transportation computer system funding.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to the funding of government operations; providing funding for the replacement of a transportation computer system; creating an account; authorizing revenue increases; increasing driver's license, driver's permit and registration fees; specifying the distribution of fees; requiring reporting; providing for the governor's recommendation to repeal or amend the fee increase; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 31
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204 is created to read:
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204.
Transportation information system account.
(a)
There is created the transportation information system account into which shall be deposited funds as provided by law. Earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Funds in the account are continuously appropriated to the department of transportation and shall only be expended to replace the revenue information system that was in use on July 1, 2020. Notwithstanding W.S. 9
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1008 or 9
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207, unexpended funds in the account shall not revert without further action of the legislature.
(b)
The department of transportation shall report on the balance in the transportation information system account and progress on modernization of any transportation information system each fiscal year to the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee. The governor shall report when the replacement of the existing revenue information system as authorized in subsection (a) of this section is completed to the joint
transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee and may recommend the repeal or amendment of this section and fee increases imposed on July 1, 2021 and contained in W.S. 31
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103(m), 31
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113(g) and 31
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406(e).
(c)
The department of transportation may accept, and shall deposit in the account, any gifts, contributions, donations, grants or federal funds designated for computer system modernization.
Section 2.
W.S. 31
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101(a)(ii)(A), (B), (D) and (E)(I) through (VI), 31
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103 by creating a new subsection (m), 31
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1506(c)(ii), 31
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104, 31
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113(a)(i) through (xii), (d) and by creating a new subsection (g), 31
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401(a)(ii)(A) and (iii) and 31
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406 by creating a new subsection (e) are amended to read:
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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:
(ii)
A state registration fee computed as follows:
(A)
Passenger cars
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$
30.00
35.00
(B)
School buses
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$
25.00
30.00
(D)
Motorcycles, autocycles and multipurpose vehicles
$
25.00
30.00
(E)
House trailers and other noncommercial vehicles based on unladen weight, which for purposes of this subparagraph only, shall be by the manufacturer's published weight, if available:
(I)
1,000 pounds or less
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$
5.00
10.00
(II)
1,001 to 3,500 pounds
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$
30.00
35.00
(III)
3,501 to 4,500 pounds
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$
40.00
45.00
(IV)
4,501 to 5,500 pounds
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$
50.00
55.00
(V)
5,501 to 6,000 pounds
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$
70.00
75.00
(VI)
6,001 pounds or more
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$
90.00
95.00
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103.
Distribution of fees; refunds.
(m)
From each fee collected pursuant to W.S. 31
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101(a)(ii), five dollars ($5.00) shall be deposited in the transportation information system account created by W.S. 31
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204.
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1506.
Motorcycle safety education program account.
(c)
In addition to any fees collected under W.S. 31
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1505, the following revenue shall be credited to the account:
(ii)
The fee for each motorcycle driver's endorsement as provided in W.S. 31
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113(a)(x)
, less the amount distributed under W.S. 31
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7
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113(g)
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104.
Disposition of fees.
Except as provided in this section
and W.S. 31
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113(g)
, the license fees levied and collected under this act are payable to the department and shall be transmitted to the state treasurer to be credited to the highway fund.
Subject to the allocation in W.S. 31
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113(g), t
he fees collected under W.S. 31
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113(a)(x) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer to be credited to the motorcycle safety education account created by W.S. 31
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1506. Funds collected under W.S. 31-7-111(b)(xiv) shall be transmitted to the state
treasurer to be credited to the wildlife conservation account created by W.S. 31-2-231(b).
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113.
Fees.
(a)
The following fees are imposed:
(i)
Driver's license
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$
40.00
45.00
(ii)
Instruction permit
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$
40.00
45.00
(iii)
Restricted license under W.S. 31
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117(c)
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$
20.00
25.00
(iv)
Duplicate or renewal
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$
30.00
35.00
(v)
Extension or renewal
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$
30.00
35.00
(vi)
Commercial driver's license
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$
50.00
55.00
(vii)
Commercial learner's permit...$
40.00
45.00
(viii)
Commercial license renewal or duplicate
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$
40.00
45.00
(ix)
Commercial driver's license skills test conducted by the department
80.00
$85.00
(x)
Initial or renewal of class "M" designation
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6.00
$11.00
(xi)
Intermediate permit
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30.00
$35.00
(xii)
Digital driver's license
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$
20.00
25.00
in addition to the applicable physical driver's license fee under this subsection
(d)
If a driver's license with limited driving privileges is granted pursuant to W.S. 31
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105(f), the fee shall be
fifty dollars ($50.00)
fifty
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five dollars ($55.00)
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(g)
From each fee collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (d) of this section, five dollars ($5.00) shall be
deposited in the transportation information system account created by W.S. 31
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401.
Registration fees.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided, the following fees shall accompany each application for the registration of a commercial vehicle:
(ii)
A state registration fee computed as follows:
(A)
Commercial vehicles except passenger cars, school buses, house trailers and motorcycles for which the fees shall be computed as provided by W.S. 31
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101(a)(ii) based on gross vehicle weight pursuant to the following table:
GROSS VEHICLE OR GROSS
COMBINATION VEHICLE WEIGHT IN POUNDS
FEE
26,000
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or less
$
198.00
203.00
26,001
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28,000
214.50
219.50
28,001
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30,000
231.00
236.00
30,001
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32,000
247.50
252.50
32,001
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34,000
275.00
280.00
34,001
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36,000
302.50
307.50
36,001
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38,000
330.00
335.00
38,001
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40,000
357.50
362.50
40,001
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42,000
385.00
390.00
42,001
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44,000
412.50
417.50
44,001
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46,000
440.00
445.00
46,001
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48,000
467.50
472.50
48,001
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50,000
495.00
500.00
50,001
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52,000
522.50
527.50
52,001
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54,000
550.00
555.00
54,001
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55,000
563.75
568.75
55,001
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56,000
577.50
582.50
56,001
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58,000
605.00
610.00
58,001
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60,000
632.50
637.50
60,001
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62,000
660.00
665.00
62,001
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64,000
687.50
692.50
64,001
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66,000
715.00
720.00
66,001
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68,000
742.50
747.50
68,001
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70,000
770.00
775.00
70,001
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72,000
797.50
802.50
72,001
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74,000
825.00
830.00
74,001
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76,000
852.50
857.50
76,001
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78,000
880.00
885.00
78,001
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80,000
907.50
912.50
For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the fee shall be
nine hundred forty
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eight dollars and seventy
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five cents ($948.75)
nine hundred fifty
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three dollars and seventy
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five cents ($953.75)
plus
twenty
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five dollars ($25.00)
thirty dollars ($30.00)
for each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.
(iii)
Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 31
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201(d)(iii), an equalized highway use tax collected by the department in lieu of the county registration fee imposed by paragraph (a)(i) of this section for commercial vehicles or fleets proportionally registered under W.S. 31
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201(b)(i) and described in W.S. 31
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201(d)(ii) pursuant to the following table:
VEHICLE OR COMBINATION
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
EQUALIZED HIGHWAY
IN POUNDS
USE TAX
26,000
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or less
$
88.00
93.00
26,001
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28,000
110.00
115.00
28,001
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30,000
165.00
170.00
30,001
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32,000
220.00
225.00
32,001
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34,000
275.00
280.00
34,001
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36,000
330.00
335.00
36,001
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38,000
385.00
390.00
38,001
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40,000
440.00
445.00
40,001
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42,000
495.00
500.00
42,001
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44,000
550.00
555.00
44,001
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46,000
605.00
610.00
46,001
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48,000
660.00
665.00
48,001
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50,000
715.00
720.00
50,001
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52,000
770.00
775.00
52,001
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54,000
825.00
830.00
54,001
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56,000
880.00
885.00
56,001
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58,000
935.00
940.00
58,001
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60,000
990.00
995.00
60,001
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62,000
1,045.00
1,050.00
62,001
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64,000
1,100.00
1,105.00
64,001
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66,000
1,155.00
1,160.00
66,001
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68,000
1,210.00
1,215.00
68,001
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70,000
1,265.00
1,270.00
70,001
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72,000
1,320.00
1,325.00
72,001
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74,000
1,375.00
1,380.00
74,001
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76,000
1,430.00
1,435.00
76,001
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78,000
1,485.00
1,490.00
78,001
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80,000
1,540.00
1,545.00
For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the tax under this paragraph shall be
one thousand six hundred ten dollars ($1,610.00)
one thousand six hundred fifteen dollars ($1,615.00)
plus
fifty dollars ($50.00)
fifty
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five dollars ($55.00)
for each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.
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406.
Distribution of fees; refunds.
(e)
From each fee and equalized highway use tax collected pursuant to W.S. 31
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401(a)(ii)(A) and (iii), five dollars ($5.00) shall be deposited in the
transportation information system account created by W.S. 31
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Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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