A. The director shall compute a reduced motor carrier fee that is seven-tenths of the full rate for a motor vehicle that is used only for transporting agricultural products if the motor carrier has done both of the following:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-5857

  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Motor carrier: means a person who operates or causes to be operated a motor vehicle on a public highway. See Arizona Laws 28-5851
  • Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled motor driven vehicle that has a declared gross vehicle weight of more than twelve thousand pounds and that is subject to vehicle registration before lawful operation on the public highways in this state, excluding a motor vehicle that is exempt from gross weight fees pursuant to section 28-5432. See Arizona Laws 28-5851
  • Use: includes the placing of fuel into any receptacle on a motor vehicle from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the vehicle unless the operator of the vehicle establishes to the satisfaction of the director that the fuel was consumed for a purpose other than to propel a motor vehicle on a highway in this state and, with respect to fuel brought into this state in any such receptacle on a use class motor vehicle, the consumption of the fuel in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-5601

1. Applied to the department for reduced fee status.

2. Given the information required by the director to determine the eligibility of the vehicle to be classified under this section.

B. A motor carrier who pays a reduced motor carrier fee under this section may not apply for a reduced motor carrier fee provided for under section 28-5855 or 28-5867.

C. A motor carrier who pays a reduced motor carrier fee pursuant to this section for a motor vehicle shall not use that motor vehicle for transporting anything other than agricultural products. A violation of this subsection is a civil traffic violation.

D. For the purposes of this section, "agricultural products" means either:

1. Crops, livestock, machinery or supplies used or produced in farming operations.

2. Products, crops or livestock in their unmanufactured or unprocessed states.

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