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ORIGINAL House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0004
ENROLLED ACT NO. 13,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing annual registration fees for resident snowmobiles; increasing nonresident annual snowmobile user fees; creating a permanent registration for antique snowmobiles; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 31
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410 is created to read:
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410.
Antique snowmobiles.
(a)
Antique snowmobiles may be registered pursuant to this section.
(b)
The owner of an antique snowmobile may register the snowmobile by submitting an application to the department indicating that the snowmobile is operated for the purposes of organized antique snowmobile activities, parades, exhibitions, tours and other related activities and may be used for general snowmobile uses.
(c)
Upon receipt of the registration fee pursuant to W.S. 31
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404(a)(iii), the selling agent shall issue to the owner for each antique snowmobile a certificate of registration, setting forth the facts in the application, together with a numbered decal which shall bear a distinctive number assigned to the snowmobile, which decal shall at all times be prominently displayed on the snowmobile. The registration expires upon transfer of ownership of the antique snowmobile.
Section 2
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W.S. 31
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401(a)(ii), 31
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402(b), 31
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404(a), 31
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405(a), 31
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409(a)(intro), (ii) and by creating a new paragraph (iii), 36
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123(a)(intro) and 39
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111(c)(ii) are amended to read:
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401.
Definitions.
(a)
For purposes of this act:
(ii)
"Snowmobile" means any mechanically driven vehicle of a type which utilizes sled type runners, or skis, or any endless belt tread or combination of these, designed primarily for operation over snow
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The term includes the following vehicle as hereafter defined:
(A)
"Antique" means any snowmobile that is at least twenty (20) years old and is operated for the purposes stated in W.S. 31
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410(b).
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402.
Registration selling agents; application for registration.
(b)
The department of state parks and cultural resources through the division of state parks and historic sites shall in accordance with W.S. 36
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123, appoint selling agents to sell snowmobile registrations and user fees.
Each selling agent shall retain one dollar ($1.00) for each nonresident user fee sold under W.S. 31
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409(a)(ii) or
(iii) and
for each resident snowmobile registration sold under W.S. 31
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404(a)(i)
or (iii)
. Designated department employees may sell snowmobile registrations and user fees, but no employee shall receive any commission on registrations or user fees collected.
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404.
Amount of fee; ad valorem tax exemption; disposition of fees; duties of department of state parks and cultural resources.
(a)
Except as provided in W.S. 31
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408, the
annual
registration fee for a resident snowmobile is:
(i)
For a snowmobile intended for private use
$35.00
$50.00 annually
;
(ii)
For a commercial snowmobile
$105.00
$150.00 annually;
(iii)
For an antique snowmobile $25.00 paid at the time of registration
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405.
Payment of fees; issuance of certificate and decal.
(a)
Except as provided in W.S. 31
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esident snowmobile registration fees shall be paid before the expiration of thirty (30) days after acquiring ownership of a snowmobile which will be operated within the state of Wyoming. Upon receipt of the registration fee the selling agent shall issue to the owner for each snowmobile a certificate of registration, setting forth the facts in the application, together with a numbered decal which shall bear a distinctive number assigned to the snowmobile and the date of expiration, which decal shall at all times be prominently displayed on the snowmobile.
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409.
Snowmobile user fee; amount of fee; disposition of fees; account created; duties of department of state parks and cultural resources; duration of decal; exemptions.
(a)
There shall be collected by selling agents
an
annual
a
nonresident snowmobile user fee for nonresident snowmobiles operated in Wyoming as follows:
(ii)
For any nonresident snowmobile not exempt under subsection (f) of this section
$35.00
$75.00 annually;
(iii)
For an antique snowmobile $25.00 paid at the time of registration
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123.
Selling agents for registrations, licenses and permits.
(a)
The department of state parks and cultural resources through the division of parks and historic sites shall appoint selling agents to sell snowmobile registrations pursuant to W.S. 31
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and 31
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, permits under W.S. 36
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121 and other licenses, registrations and permits for which the department may by law be required to issue and collect fees.
Selling agents appointed under this section shall be bonded by the department, subject to the following:
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Distribution.
(c)
The department shall credit to appropriate accounts based upon deductions from the taxes collected under this article in the following order:
(ii)
Deduct an amount collected on fuel used in snowmobiles, computed by multiplying the number of snowmobiles for which registration and user fees have been paid during the current fiscal year under W.S. 31
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404(a)(i)
and (iii)
and 31
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409(a)(ii)
and (iii)
times twenty
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eight dollars and seventy
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five cents ($28.75) plus the number of gallons of gasoline used by snowmobiles for which registration fees have been paid during the current fiscal year under W.S. 31
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404(a)(ii) times the current gasoline tax rate as defined by W.S. 39
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104(a)(i).
The number of gallons used by commercial snowmobiles shall be reported to the department by all businesses offering commercial snowmobile recreational leasing. The amounts computed shall be credited to a separate account to be expended by the department of state parks and cultural resources to improve snowmobile trails in Wyoming;
Section 3
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The department of state parks and cultural resources shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act not later than July 1, 2025.
Section 4
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(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(b)
Sections 3 and 4 of this act are 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)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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