(a) Except as otherwise provided, the following fees shall
accompany each application for the registration of a commercial
vehicle:
(i) A county registration fee computed in accordance
with W.S. 31-3-101(a)(i);
(ii) A state registration fee computed as follows:
(A) Commercial vehicles except passenger cars,
school buses, house trailers and motorcycles for which the fees
shall be computed as provided by W.S. 31-3-101(a)(ii) based on
gross vehicle weight pursuant to the following table:
GROSS VEHICLE OR GROSS
COMBINATION VEHICLE WEIGHT IN POUNDS FEE
26,000-or less $198.00
26,001-28,000 $214.50
28,001-30,000 $231.00
30,001-32,000 $247.50
32,001-34,000 $275.00
34,001-36,000 $302.50
36,001-38,000 $330.00
38,001-40,000 $357.50
40,001-42,000 $385.00
42,001-44,000 $412.50
44,001-46,000 $440.00
46,001-48,000 $467.50
48,001-50,000 $495.00
50,001-52,000 $522.50
52,001-54,000 $550.00
54,001-55,000 $563.75
55,001-56,000 $577.50
56,001-58,000 $605.00
58,001-60,000 $632.50
60,001-62,000 $660.00
62,001-64,000 $687.50
64,001-66,000 $715.00
66,001-68,000 $742.50
68,001-70,000 $770.00
70,001-72,000 $797.50
72,001-74,000 $825.00
74,001-76,000 $852.50
76,001-78,000 $880.00
78,001-80,000 $907.50
For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the fee shall
be nine hundred forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents
($948.75) plus twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional
two thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.
(B) For vehicles equipped with nonpneumatic
tires of an unladen weight in excess of 3,500 pounds, increase
the fees prescribed by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph by
twenty dollars ($20.00);
(C) Commercial vehicles being operated as a
combination of two (2) or more vehicles shall be registered on
the gross combined weight and pay fees as prescribed by
subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) and paragraph (a)(iii) of this section.
(iii) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 31-18-
201(d)(iii), an equalized highway use tax collected by the
department in lieu of the county registration fee imposed by
paragraph (a)(i) of this section for commercial vehicles or
fleets proportionally registered under W.S. 31-18-201(b)(i) and
described in W.S. 31-18-201(d)(ii) pursuant to the following
table:
VEHICLE OR COMBINATION
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT EQUALIZED HIGHWAY
IN POUNDS USE TAX
26,000-or less $88.00
26,001-28,000 $110.00
28,001-30,000 $165.00
30,001-32,000 $220.00
32,001-34,000 $275.00
34,001-36,000 $330.00
36,001-38,000 $385.00
38,001-40,000 $440.00
40,001-42,000 $495.00
42,001-44,000 $550.00
44,001-46,000 $605.00
46,001-48,000 $660.00
48,001-50,000 $715.00
50,001-52,000 $770.00
52,001-54,000 $825.00
54,001-56,000 $880.00
56,001-58,000 $935.00
58,001-60,000 $990.00
60,001-62,000 $1,045.00
62,001-64,000 $1,100.00
64,001-66,000 $1,155.00
66,001-68,000 $1,210.00
68,001-70,000 $1,265.00
70,001-72,000 $1,320.00
72,001-74,000 $1,375.00
74,001-76,000 $1,430.00
76,001-78,000 $1,485.00
78,001-80,000 $1,540.00
For weights over eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, the tax under
this paragraph shall be one thousand six hundred ten dollars
($1,610.00) plus fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional two
thousand (2,000) pounds or fraction thereof.
(b) The fees prescribed by subsection (a) of this section
are modified for owners of the following commercial vehicles:
(i) Fees prescribed in subsection (a) of this section
for vehicles not previously qualified for operation in this
state are reduced by the proportionate share of the year prior
to first operation if the vehicles have not been illegally
operated on the highways of this state prior to application for
registration;
(ii) A farmer, rancher, logger or well servicer who
owns a commercial vehicle or combination of commercial vehicles
operated by him or his employees primarily in agricultural
operations, logging operations from the source to the mill, or
in the servicing of well field operations and registered with
the county treasurer under W.S. 31-18-201(b)(ii) shall pay
twenty-five percent (25%) of the fee prescribed in subparagraph
(a)(ii)(A) of this section;
(iii) An owner of a commercial vehicle or combination
of vehicles registered with the county treasurer under W.S.
31-18-201(b)(ii), except for a vehicle owner whose fee is
modified pursuant to paragraph (ii) of this subsection, shall
pay a percentage of the state registration fee prescribed by
subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) of this section as provided in the table
below if the owner states under oath on a form prescribed and
furnished by the department that the owner will not operate the
vehicle or combination of vehicles more than the applicable
number of miles stated in the table below on highways in the
calendar year of registration:
NUMBER OF MILES PERCENTAGE OF
OPERATED STATE FEE
2,500 miles or less 15%
2,501 to 5,000 miles 20%
5,001 to 10,000 miles 25%
10,001 to 20,000 miles 50%
20,001 to 30,000 miles 75%
(iv) The department shall prescribe by rule and
regulation a means to identify conspicuously the vehicle or
combination of vehicles for which a percentage of the state fee
is paid at the time of registration pursuant to paragraphs (ii)
and (iii) of this subsection. The department shall furnish the
means of identification to each county treasurer to be issued at
the time of registration. The vehicle owner shall display the
means of identification as required by rules and regulations of
the department. Failure to display the identification as
required shall result in the penalties provided by law for
failure to display a license plate;
(v) If an owner of a commercial vehicle or
combination of vehicles who pays a percentage of the state fee
pursuant to paragraph (iii) of this subsection desires to
increase the authorized amount of mileage for which the vehicle
or combination of vehicles is registered, he shall pay an
additional fee equal to the fee due for the additional amount of
miles less the amount of fee paid at the time of registration.
If the department determines through an audit, a verification of
mileage statements or other means that the owner of a commercial
vehicle or combination of vehicles has exceeded the authorized
amount of mileage, an additional fee shall be due equal to twice
the amount that should have been paid for the actual amount of
miles driven less the fee paid pursuant to this paragraph and
paragraph (iii) of this subsection;
(vi) A vehicle designed and used exclusively for the
purpose of removing, towing or transporting wrecked, disabled or
replacement vehicles incidental to an accidentally wrecked or
disabled vehicle shall be considered a single unit and the fees
prescribed by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) and paragraph (a)(iii) of
this section shall be based only on the gross weight of the
towing vehicle.