jlabr2 wrote:
Francesca Knowles wrote:
msmith1199 wrote:
In a nutshell, I know how to read laws, and the way this one is written is not clear at all. If it has me confused, than it's a confusing law.
Will highlighting the language help?
17. " Light class motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses use fuel on the highways in this state but EXCLUDES a road tractor, truck tractor, truck or passenger carrying vehicle having a declared gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds or having more than two axles.
37. "Use class motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses use fuel on a highway in this state and that is a road tractor, truck tractor, truck or passenger carrying vehicle having a declared gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds or having more than two axles.
And are not both of these examples found in the Commercial Vehicle part of the law? If so, I take it that the law pertains to only commercial vehicles.
And clearly you understand the confusion here. Based on my reading of the law and the language used (Such as "declared gross weight" which is a term used for commercial vehicles) I think the intent of the AZ legislature was to impose this tax on large commercial vehicles. However, their failure to properly define the vehicles they intended to tax has clearly led to some confusion both by RV owners and the people in AZ who enforce these laws.
Another example, they use the term "passenger carrying vehicle" but I can't find anyplace in AZ law that defines that. If you Google search that phrase you see it used to identify vehicles such as limos and buses which are designed to carry people for hire. That is how I think AZ also intends for it to be used other wise why say "Passenger Carrying?" Why not just say "...or any vehicle weighing over 26,000 pounds?" Why does the phrase "passenger carrying" need to be in there unless they intended it to mean a vehicle designed specifically for carrying passengers like a bus?
Under Federal law, the term passenger carrying vehicle is used to mean a vehicle carrying passengers for hire.
