A. Any person, firm or corporation owning or possessing a commercial vehicle who:

1. Is a resident of the United States;

2. Is required to register the vehicle under the laws of this state;

3. Is not authorized to drive the vehicle on the public roads of this state for lack of registration or reciprocity of this state’s laws with the laws of the state in which the vehicle is registered; and

4. Operates the vehicle for commercial purposes;

may receive a temporary permit from the Corporation Commission. The permit shall be recognized in lieu of registration in this state. The permit shall indicate the time and date of its issuance and shall be valid for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours from such indicated time.

B. A fee of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the temporary permit which shall be apportioned in the same manner as other vehicle license fees are apportioned under the terms of the motor vehicle license and registration laws of this state.

C. The temporary permit shall not be issued to any person, firm or corporation owning or possessing a commercial vehicle, truck, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or motor bus, who has been apprehended for violating the registration laws of this state. If apprehended, the vehicle shall be immediately subject to such registration laws. Possession of the temporary permit shall not affect any liability or duty which the owner or operator of a vehicle might otherwise have by law. An operator of a vehicle possessing an expired, altered or undated temporary permit shall be deemed to be operating an unregistered motor vehicle and shall be subject to registration and penalties therefor as provided by law.

D. The Corporation Commission may enter into an agreement with any person or corporation located within or without the state for transmission of temporary permits for a commercial vehicle by way of a facsimile machine or other device when the Corporation Commission determines that such agreement is in the best interests of the state.

E. The Corporation Commission may enter into an agreement with any state for transmission of that state’s temporary permits for a commercial vehicle by way of a facsimile machine or other device when the Corporation Commission determines that such agreement is in the best interests of the state.

F. Any provision of this act providing for proportional registration under reciprocal agreements and the International Registration Plan that relate to the promulgation of rules shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 1151 of this title. The Corporation Commission may promulgate such rules as it deems necessary to administer the provisions of this section. The Corporation Commission may prescribe an application form for the temporary permit and such other forms as it deems appropriate.

G. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles entering this state for the express purpose of transporting the resources and equipment necessary to support production activities of the motion picture, television and video film industries operating within the state. Any such vehicle properly registered under the laws of another state or not registered with this state pursuant to the provisions of the International Registration Plan and used for the above-stated purpose shall not be subject to the registration requirements as set forth in Section 1101 et seq. of this title while conducting said business.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 27, operative July 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 6, § 8, emerg. eff. March 16, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 218, § 3, emerg. eff. May 9, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. Mar. 27, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 522, § 17, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 168, § 3, emerg. eff. May 12, 2008; Laws 2009, c. 182, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.