31-18-401. Registration fees.

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the following fees shall accompany each application for the registration of a commercial vehicle:

(i) A county registration fee computed in accordance with W.S. 31-3-101(a)(i);

(ii) A state registration fee computed as follows:

(A) Commercial vehicles except passenger cars, school buses, house trailers and motorcycles for which the fees shall be computed as provided by W.S. 31-3-101(a)(ii) based on gross vehicle weight pursuant to the following table:

GROSS VEHICLE OR GROSS COMBINATION FEE

VEHICLE WEIGHT IN POUNDS

26,000-or less $198.00

26,001-28,000 214.50

28,001-30,000 231.00

30,001-32,000 247.50

32,001-34,000 275.00

34,001-36,000 302.50

36,001-38,000 330.00

38,001-40,000 357.50

40,001-42,000 385.00

42,001-44,000 412.50

44,001-46,000 440.00

46,001-48,000 467.50

48,001-50,000 495.00

50,001-52,000 522.50

52,001-54,000 550.00

54,001-55,000 563.75

55,001-56,000 577.50

56,001-58,000 605.00

58,001-60,000 632.50

60,001-62,000 660.00

62,001-64,000 687.50

64,001-66,000 715.00

66,001-68,000 742.50

68,001-70,000 770.00

70,001-72,000 797.50

72,001-74,000 825.00

74,001-76,000 852.50

76,001-78,000 880.00

78,001-80,000 907.50

For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the fee shall be nine hundred forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($948.75) plus twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.

(B) For vehicles equipped with nonpneumatic tires of an unladen weight in excess of 3,500 pounds, increase the fees prescribed by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph by twenty dollars ($20.00);

(C) Commercial vehicles being operated as a combination of two (2) or more vehicles shall be registered on the gross combined weight and pay fees as prescribed by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) and paragraph (a)(iii) of this section.

(iii) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 31-18-201(d)(iii), an equalized highway use tax collected by the department in lieu of the county registration fee imposed by paragraph (a)(i) of this section for commercial vehicles or fleets proportionally registered under W.S. 31-18-201(b)(i) and described in W.S. 31-18-201(d)(ii) pursuant to the following table:

VEHICLE OR COMBINATION EQUALIZED HIGHWAY

GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT

IN POUNDS USE TAX

26,000-or less $88.00

26,001-28,000 110.00

28,001-30,000 165.00

30,001-32,000 220.00

32,001-34,000 275.00

34,001-36,000 330.00

36,001-38,000 385.00

38,001-40,000 440.00

40,001-42,000 495.00

42,001-44,000 550.00

44,001-46,000 605.00

46,001-48,000 660.00

48,001-50,000 715.00

50,001-52,000 770.00

52,001-54,000 825.00

54,001-56,000 880.00

56,001-58,000 935.00

58,001-60,000 990.00

60,001-62,000 1,045.00

62,001-64,000 1,100.00

64,001-66,000 1,155.00

66,001-68,000 1,210.00

68,001-70,000 1,265.00

70,001-72,000 1,320.00

72,001-74,000 1,375.00

74,001-76,000 1,430.00

76,001-78,000 1,485.00

78,001-80,000 1,540.00

For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the tax under this paragraph shall be one thousand six hundred ten dollars ($1,610.00) plus fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.

(b) The fees prescribed by subsection (a) of this section are modified for owners of the following commercial vehicles:

(i) Fees prescribed in subsection (a) of this section for vehicles not previously qualified for operation in this state are reduced by the proportionate share of the year prior to first operation if the vehicles have not been illegally operated on the highways of this state prior to application for registration;

(ii) A farmer, rancher, logger or well servicer who owns a commercial vehicle or combination of commercial vehicles operated by him or his employees primarily in agricultural operations, logging operations from the source to the mill, or in the servicing of well field operations and registered with the county treasurer under W.S. 31-18-201(b)(ii) shall pay twenty-five percent (25%) of the fee prescribed in subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) of this section;

(iii) An owner of a commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles registered with the county treasurer under W.S. 31-18-201(b)(ii), except for a vehicle owner whose fee is modified pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection, shall pay a percentage of the state registration fee prescribed by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) of this section as provided in the table below if the owner states under oath on a form prescribed and furnished by the department that the owner will not operate the vehicle or combination of vehicles more than the applicable number of miles stated in the table below on highways in the calendar year of registration:

NUMBER OF MILES PERCENTAGE OF

OPERATED STATE FEE

2,500 miles or less 15%

2,501 to 5,000 miles 20%

5,001 to 10,000 miles 25%

10,001 to 20,000 miles 50%

20,001 to 30,000 miles 75%

(iv) The department shall prescribe by rule and regulation a means to identify conspicuously the vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a percentage of the state fee is paid at the time of registration pursuant to paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this subsection. The department shall furnish the means of identification to each county treasurer to be issued at the time of registration. The vehicle owner shall display the means of identification as required by rules and regulations of the department. Failure to display the identification as required shall result in the penalties provided by law for failure to display a license plate;

(v) If an owner of a commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles who pays a percentage of the state fee pursuant to paragraph (iii) of this subsection desires to increase the authorized amount of mileage for which the vehicle or combination of vehicles is registered, he shall pay an additional fee equal to the fee due for the additional amount of miles less the amount of fee paid at the time of registration. If the department determines through an audit, a verification of mileage statements or other means that the owner of a commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles has exceeded the authorized amount of mileage, an additional fee shall be due equal to twice the amount that should have been paid for the actual amount of miles driven less the fee paid pursuant to this paragraph and paragraph (iii) of this subsection;

(vi) A vehicle designed and used exclusively for the purpose of removing, towing or transporting wrecked, disabled or replacement vehicles incidental to an accidentally wrecked or disabled vehicle shall be considered a single unit and the fees prescribed by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) and paragraph (a)(iii) of this section shall be based only on the gross weight of the towing vehicle.