Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-5474

Current through L. 2024, ch. 259
Section 28-5474 - Axle fees; commercial vehicles; border crossing; definition
A. The director may adopt rules establishing a fee based on the number of axles attached to a foreign vehicle or a foreign vehicle combination that is imposed on nonresidents operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination that enters this state by crossing the border between this state and Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.
B. If the director establishes a fee by rule pursuant to this section, the fee shall apply to a nonresident who is operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination and who is required to register the foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination pursuant to section 28-2321 or who is responsible for paying any fees required by section 28-2324, 28-2325, 28-5739, 28-5863 or 28-5864.
C. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, fees collected pursuant to this section as follows:
1. Fifty-five percent in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991.
2. Forty-five percent in the Arizona highway patrol fund established by section 41-1752.
D. For the purposes of this section, "foreign vehicle" or "foreign vehicle combination" means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows that is registered in a foreign country or jurisdiction of a foreign country and enters this state by crossing the border between this state and Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.

A.R.S. § 28-5474

Amended by L. 2021, ch. 413,s. 13, eff. 9/29/2021.