Effective 7/1/2023

(1)  A person who applies for a vessel registration or registration renewal under Section 73-18-7 may pay the aquatic invasive species fee required under Section 23A-10-304 at the time of registration or registration renewal. If the Division of Motor Vehicles collects the registration fee and a person elects to pay the aquatic invasive species fee at the same time, the payment of the aquatic invasive species fee under this section shall be:

Terms Used In Utah Code 73-18-25.3

  • Division: means the Division of Outdoor Recreation. See Utah Code 73-18-2
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Vessel: means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Utah Code 73-18-2
(a)  collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles;

(b)  treated as a separate fee and not part of the registration fee; and

(c)  deposited into the Aquatic Invasive Species Interdiction Account created in Section 23A-3-211, less actual administrative costs associated with collecting and transferring the aquatic invasive species fee by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

(2)  Notwithstanding Section 41-1a-116, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall report to the Division of Wildlife Resources identifying information regarding a person who pays the aquatic invasive species fee so that the Division of Wildlife Resources may provide a decal to that person in accordance with Subsection 23A-10-201(6).

Enacted by Chapter 244, 2023 General Session