SB 365

Under current law, an owner of a fleet of 10 or more automobiles or motor trucks with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds may register the vehicles as a fleet. This bill allows 10 or more of any combination of the following, with some exceptions, to be registered as a fleet:

1. Motor trucks with a gross weight of between 8,001 and 54,000 pounds.

2. Truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of between 4,500 and 54,000 pounds.

3. Trailers with a gross weight of not more than 80,000 pounds.

Vehicles registered as a fleet are subject to the same annual registration fee as regularly applies to the type of vehicle, plus a onetime initial issuance fee of $8.50 for each vehicle. The Department of Transportation must provide, to the extent feasible, all vehicles registered as part of a particular fleet with the same registration expiration date.

Under current law, for fleet vehicles DOT must issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed on the plate. The bill eliminates the requirement that the word be embossed.

The bill also eliminates a provision in current law allowing for fleet registration of a fleet of 100 or more trailers.