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22LSO-0038
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0038
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0015
Oversize and overweight vehicles-fees and permits.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to commercial vehicles; increasing permit fees for oversize and overweight vehicles; 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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201(s), 31
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502 and 31
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804(a), (b), (d), (f) and (g) are amended to read:
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201.
Commercial vehicles; registration; exemptions.
(s)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, owners of commercial vehicles meeting the registration requirements of another jurisdiction and subject to registration in Wyoming and not entitled to exemption from registration or licensing under this section may, as an alternative to registration or proportional registration
secure a temporary permit from the department to make a single trip into, within or out of Wyoming for a period of not to exceed ninety
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six (96) hours for a fee of
twenty dollars ($20.00)
thirty
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eight dollars and fifty cents ($38.50)
for each single unit operated as a single unit or
forty dollars ($40.00)
seventy
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six dollars and fifty cents ($76.50)
for each legal combination of units including only one (1) power unit. In lieu of the fee required by W.S. 39
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106(g), 39
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206(d) or 39
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306(f) for license and taxation of gasoline, diesel or alternative fuels, the operator may secure a temporary permit from the department to operate in Wyoming for a period of not to exceed ninety
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six (96) hours for a fee of
seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50)
thirteen dollars ($13.00)
for each single unit operated as a single unit or
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
twenty
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five dollars and fifty cents ($25.50)
for each legal combination of units including only one (1) power unit.
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502.
Decal fee; disposition.
An additional fee may be collected by the issuing agency from a licensee for each annual decal issued pursuant to W.S. 39
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202(d) through (g). The fee shall be in an amount determined by the department of transportation to be sufficient to recover reasonable administrative costs of the International Fuel Tax Agreement and the Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement, but not more than
ten dollars ($10.00)
nineteen dollars ($19.00)
per annual decal. The fee shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit the multistate highway and fuel tax agreements account created by W.S. 39
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211(e) within the highway fund.
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804.
Permits for and certain highways to carry, overweight and oversize vehicles; government vehicles.
(a)
The director or his authorized representative may issue permits for separate movements or extended periods of movement effective for one (1) or more months, not to exceed ninety (90) days permitting hauling of forest products, baled hay or combine headers. No permit issued under this section shall be granted for any load of forest products exceeding one hundred twelve (112) inches in width or any load of baled hay or combine headers exceeding one hundred fifty (150) inches in width and fifteen (15) feet in height. No single component of the load may exceed one hundred two (102) inches in width. The fee for a single trip permit is
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
twenty
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six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50)
. The fee for an extended period permit is
fifty dollars ($50.00)
eighty
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eight dollars ($88.00)
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(b)
The director or his authorized representative may issue a permit exclusive of interstate highways for hauling of forest products, sugar beets, gravel, livestock and agricultural products hauled in trucks that cannot be weighed at point of loading at a weight which is not more than ten percent (10%) in excess of allowable axle weights
and not more than five thousand (5,000) pounds in excess of gross weights allowed under gross weight Table I. The permit fee is
fifteen dollars ($15.00)
twenty
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six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50)
for a single trip permit not to exceed ninety
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six (96) continuous hours. The permit fee is
fifty dollars ($50.00)
eighty
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eight dollars ($88.00)
for any ninety (90) continuous days. If a truck hauling forest products, sugar beets, gravel, livestock or agricultural products exceeds the legal weight limitations, the truck shall be allowed to unload at its point of destination in this state if the point of destination is within one (1) mile of the truck's location when the illegal weight limitation was determined, unless an immediate threat to public safety exists. No penalty for the first violation shall be imposed, but any subsequent violation shall be subject to the penalty provisions of W.S. 31
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805.
(d)
For movements of a vehicle without load, or meeting indivisible load requirements, or a trailer carrying a recreational boat that exceeds any maximum dimension or weight authorized under W.S. 31
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802, the director or his authorized representative may upon
application issue a permit in writing effective for an extended period of time, not to exceed one (1) year, authorizing the movement of the vehicle, provided that the size does not exceed seventy
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five (75) feet in length for a single vehicle and twelve (12) feet in width or fifteen (15) feet in height for a single vehicle or combination of vehicles. The permit fee for an oversize vehicle is
fifty dollars ($50.00)
ninety
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nine dollars and fifty cents ($99.50)
. The director or his authorized representative may upon application issue a permit effective for one (1) year, authorizing the commercial movement of one (1) or more motor homes, house trailers or truck campers that exceed the maximum width authorized under W.S. 31
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802(a)(i)(A). A copy of the permit shall be carried with the vehicle. The fee for such a permit shall not exceed
two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00)
four hundred thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($413.50)
. Notwithstanding subsections (e) through (t) of this section, no additional permit requirements shall be imposed upon the commercial movement of such vehicles if such vehicles comply with W.S. 31
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802(a)(i)(A). The permit fee for an overweight vehicle is as prescribed in subsection (g) of this section.
Extended period permits are not authorized for transportable homes as defined in W.S. 31
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(f)
When an oversize single trip permit is issued, the fee is
twenty
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five dollars ($25.00)
thirty
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two dollars and fifty cents ($32.50)
. Should any vehicle including load exceed the dimensions of fifteen (15) feet in width or fifteen (15) feet in height or any single vehicle including load exceed seventy
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five (75) feet in length, an additional fee shall be paid in excess of the above limitation computed at the rate of
three cents ($.03)
three and nine
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tenths cents ($.039)
for each foot or fraction thereof for each mile traveled on the highways.
(g)
When an overweight permit is issued, the fee is
six cents ($.06)
seven and seven
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tenths cents ($.077)
for each ton or fraction thereof of weight in excess of the weight limitation under W.S. 31
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802 for each mile traveled on the highways. In no event shall the fee be less than
forty dollars ($40.00)
fifty
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one dollars and fifty cents ($51.50)
for the permit. A permit under this section for loads exceeding eighty (80) tons shall not be issued
until the permittee has paid all costs incurred by the state to determine routing, structure, highway capability to withstand the load and the cost incurred by sending personnel to accompany the movement of the load.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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