Bill Text: AZ SB1078 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicle registration fees; proration

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - Senate TPS Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0) [SB1078 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2020-SB1078-Introduced.html

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PREFILED    JAN 08 2020

REFERENCE TITLE: vehicle registration fees; proration

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

 

 

SB 1078

 

Introduced by

Senator Bowie: Representatives Jermaine, Pawlik

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28‑5807, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle registration.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 28-5807, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-5807.  Registration period; proration; retroactive collection

A.  The director shall initially register a vehicle with a registration expiration of twelve months from the last day of the month in which the vehicle was initially purchased.

B.  The director may register or reregister a vehicle for less than twelve months and prorate the annual vehicle license tax and registration fee if the director determines proration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly registration system.

C.  The director shall not collect a vehicle license tax or registration fee retroactively for any period that the vehicle was not registered if the current owner of the vehicle was not the owner of the vehicle during any part of the period in which the vehicle was not registered. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Retroactivity

This act applies retroactively to from and after August 30, 2019.