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24LSO-0473
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0473
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0214
Trailer permanent registration-amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Tarver and Crago and Senator(s) Barlow
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; repealing weight limitations on permanent registrations of a trailer; providing for the permanent registration of trailers that qualify as commercial vehicles as specified; providing a fee exemption for permanently registered trailers as specified; making conforming amendments; 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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206(n)(intro), 31
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214(e), 31
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101(g)(v), 31
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103(m) and 31
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201 by creating new subsections (aa) through (dd) are amended to read:
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206.
Annual renewal; delivery of license plates and stickers; staggered registration; permanent registration of trailers.
(n)
Except for a trailer that is mobile equipment, the owner of a trailer as defined in W.S. 31
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101(a)(xxiii) and subject to the provisions of
paragraphs (i) and
paragraph
(iii) of this subsection may permanently register the trailer upon payment of a fee in the amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) at the time of initial registration. Alternatively, the owner may permanently register the trailer by paying the fees under subsection (o) of this section, provided the trailer:
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214.
Transfer of ownership.
(e)
Upon transfer of ownership of a trailer that had been permanently registered under W.S. 31
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206(n)
or 31
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201(aa)
the permanent registration of that trailer expires and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plate from that trailer. If within sixty (60) days after the transfer of ownership the original owner acquires another trailer for which the permanent license plate would be proper, the original owner may file an application for the transfer of the license registration number to the newly acquired trailer and the license plate may be transferred by the original owner to the original owner's newly acquired trailer. The original owner is not subject to additional registration fees for the transfer of the license registration number under this subsection.
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101.
Registration fees; exemptions.
(g)
Owners of the following vehicles are exempt from the payment of fees provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section:
(v)
Trailers if permanently registered pursuant to W.S. 31
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206(n) through (q)
or 31
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201(aa) through (dd)
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103.
Distribution of fees; refunds.
(m)
Fifty percent (50%) of the permanent registration fee collected under W.S. 31
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206(n)
or 31
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201(aa)
shall be distributed by county treasurers in the same proportion and manner as property taxes are distributed. The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the permanent registration fee collected under W.S. 31
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206(n)
or 31
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201(aa)
shall be distributed to the highway fund.
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201.
Commercial vehicles; registration; exemptions; permanent registration of trailers.
(aa)
Except for a trailer that is mobile equipment or a power unit, the owner of a trailer as defined in W.S. 31
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101(a)(xxiii) that qualifies as a commercial vehicle as defined in W.S. 31
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101(a)(i) and is otherwise subject to the provisions of W.S. 31
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401 may instead permanently register the trailer upon payment of a fee in the amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) at the time of initial registration. Alternatively, the owner may permanently register the trailer by paying the fees under subsection (bb) of this section.
(bb)
Upon payment of the fees specified in subsection (aa) of this section or this subsection the department shall issue a distinctive license plate indicating the permanent registration of the trailer. After payment of the fees under subsection (aa) of this section or this subsection, the owner of a trailer that is permanently registered under subsection (aa) of this section is not subject to additional registration fees for as long as the owner owns the trailer. If the one
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time fee in the amount of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) is not paid, the fees for permanent registration of a trailer under subsection (aa) of this section are:
(i)
A permanent registration state administration fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00); and
(ii)
An amount equal to five (5) times the applicable fees under W.S. 31
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101(a) plus any donation amounts under W.S. 31
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101(h) or (j). Any donated amount shall not be subject to the requirement to pay five (5) times the applicable amount.
(cc)
The owner of a trailer that is permanently registered under subsection (aa) of this section shall display the permanent registration license plate in accordance with W.S. 31
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205 only on the permanently registered trailer for which the plate was issued, except when transferred pursuant to W.S. 31
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214(e).
(dd)
The permanent registration of a trailer under subsection (aa) of this section shall not be transferred to a new owner. Upon transfer of a trailer that had been permanently registered under subsection (aa) of this section to a new owner, the new owner shall be subject to all applicable title, registration and license fees under title 31, chapter 2, articles 1 and 2, chapter 3 and chapter 18, articles 2 and 4 of Wyoming statutes as applicable for the trailer.
Section 2.
W.S. 31
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206(n)(i) is repealed.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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