_____________ 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."