2021 Montana Legislature
_____________ bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION; Reducing the number of vehicles needed to constitute a fleet; exempting vehicles with fleet license plates from needing registration decals to be affixed; and AMENDING SECTIONS 61-3-323 AND 61-3-325, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 61-3-323, MCA, is amended to read:
"61-3-323. Definitions. As used in 61-3-323 through 61-3-325, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Domicile" means the county in which a motor vehicle is most frequently used, dispatched, or controlled.
(2) "Fleet" means 100 10 or more motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers owned or leased by a person operating the motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers in this state."
Section 2. Section 61-3-325, MCA, is amended to read:
"61-3-325. Fleet registration -- license plates. (1) (a) The department shall compute fees and taxes due on each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer in the fleet as provided in parts 3 and 5 of this chapter, based on its domicile.
(b) Unless the fleet's registration period is changed under 61-3-324, all fees and taxes must be paid no later than February 15 each year.
(2) The department may issue a separate series of license plates or permanent fleet registration decals for fleet vehicles. that have the same background as standard license plates issued under 61-3-332 but have a separate numbering system determined by the department. At the request of the fleet owner or lessor and upon payment of all applicable fees, a license plate type other than the fleet plate may be issued to a fleet vehicle with a permanent fleet registration decal."