28-5474. Axle fees; commercial vehicles;
border crossing; definition
A. The director may adopt rules establishing a fee based on the number of
axles attached to a foreign vehicle or a foreign vehicle combination that is imposed on
nonresidents operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle
combination that enters this state by crossing the border between this state and the
republic of Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.
B. If the director establishes a fee by rule pursuant to this section, the fee
shall apply to a nonresident operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or
foreign vehicle combination and who is required to register the foreign vehicle or
foreign vehicle combination pursuant to section 28-2321 or who is responsible for payment
of any fees required by sections 28-2324, 28-2325, 28-5739, 28-5763 or 28-5864.
C. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, fees
collected by rules established pursuant to this section in the safety enforcement and
transportation infrastructure fund established by section 28-6547.
D. For the purposes of this section, "foreign vehicle" or "foreign vehicle
combination" means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows
that is registered in a foreign country or jurisdiction of a foreign country and enters
this state by crossing the border between this state and the republic of Mexico in the
furtherance of a commercial enterprise.
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