ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL NO. 0097
ENROLLED ACT NO.
33, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FIFTY-SIXTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2001
GENERAL SESSION
AN ACT relating to mobile
machinery; amending provisions
for collection of
registration fees as specified; creating
an exemption;
authorizing an administrative fee; specifying
distribution of
fees collected; and providing for an
effective date.
Be It Enacted
by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 31-18-204(a) by creating a new
paragraph (viii) and 31-18-206(a) and (b) are amended to
read:
31-18-204. Exemptions.
(a) The
provisions of W.S. 31-18-203 through
31-18-208 do not apply
to mobile machinery:
(viii) Brought into the
state for a period not
to exceed seven (7)
calendar days to demonstrate the
operation of the
mobile machinery to prospective buyers.
31-18-206. Temporary registration.
(a) In lieu of
registration under W.S. 31-18-205, an a non-Wyoming based owner or operator of mobile machinery
may apply for a
temporary registration sticker valid for
sixty
(60) days not more than eleven (11) months, providing
the temporary
registration sticker shall not extend in to
the next calendar
year, from either a county treasurer or
the department. The owner or operator shall present
sufficient
documentation to allow the county treasurer or
the department to
establish the valuation of the mobile
machinery. The fee for the authority
to use and display the
temporary sticker is one-sixth (1/6) of the fee the mobile
machinery would have
been subject to for a full calendar
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year under W.S. 31-18-205 shall be computed
by multiplying
the fee under W.S. 31-18-205(e)
times the number of months
requested in the
calendar year and dividing by twelve (12),
plus an administrative
fee of six dollars ($6.00) for ten dollars
($10.00) and six dollars ($6.00)
registration
for the sticker.
(b) Registration The fees for mobile machinery
collected by the
county treasurer under this section shall
be distributed in the
same manner and proportion as
property taxes. Registration The
fees for mobile machinery
collected by the
department under this section shall be
distributed in the
same manner as fees for non-Wyoming
based commercial
vehicles under W.S. 31-3-103(a).
Administrative fees
collected by the county treasurer shall
be deposited in the
county general fund, and those
collected by the
department shall be deposited in the state highway fund.
general
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Section 2. This
act is effective January 1, 2002.
(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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