Wrong Pump in AZ

winepress wrote:

Rollnhome wrote:
Arizona DOT definition of Recreational Vehicle taken from:

Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 28 Transportation - Section 28-3102

"Recreational vehicle" means a motor
vehicle or vehicle combination that is more than twenty-six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating and that is designed and exclusively used for private pleasure, including vehicles commonly called motor homes, pickup trucks with campers, travel trailers, boat trailers and horse trailers used exclusively to transport personal possessions or persons for noncommercial purposes.

Here is the list of "use vehicles"

A "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 26,000 pounds or having more than two axles.

A passenger carrying vehicle is defined by USDOT as: simplified... A bus or motorcoach ( tour bus) designed to carry 15 or more passengers.

RVs are not on the list therefore no need to exempt.
The listed exemptions are exemptions to vehicle types listed as "use class motor vehicle.

Therefore RVs pay 18¢ fuel tax.

Seems like this discussion is over if the definition of a "passenger carrying vehicle" is correct as stated above.

Please note, the WRITTEN explanation from the officials at the ADOT Fuel Tax Unit makes no mention of this statute having anything to do with compliance with the fuel tax law. All we have here is a number of folks trying to mix apples and oranges. Specifically, ARS 28-3102 is dealing with driver license requirements. The definition used here is the one used in the statute to exempt RVs from CDL license requirements. Clearly Arizona knows how to exempt RVs as they have with this statute, but notice, they DO NOT exempt RVs in the exempt list of ARS 28-5432.C that controls the fuel tax issue.

Also I find it humorous that I believe that the same guy trying to cite this information is the guy that yesterday stated that in Arizona it required a special license to operate a motorhome in excess of 26,000 lbs. He was wrong there also.