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-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0065
+Vehicle registration fees-amendments. 26LSO-0065, 1.0
 
- 1 HB0030
+   HB0030
+FISCAL NOTE
 
-HOUSE BILL NO. HB0030
+ FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029
+NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT
+Anticipated Revenue (decrease)
+PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM
+ACCOUNT
+($35,700,000) ($37,300,000) ($40,200,000)
+COUNTY REGISTRATION FEES ($26,600,000) ($27,700,000) ($29,800,000)
 
-Vehicle registration fees-amendments.
+Source of revenue (decrease):
 
-Sponsored by: Representative(s) Riggins, Brown, G,
-Guggenmos, Lien, Schmid and Wasserburger
+This bill decreases the county vehicle registration fees. Current law multiplies a
+percentage of a vehicle’s factory price plus special equipment value for certain
+years of service by three percent. The percentage multiplied to a vehicle’s factory
+price plus special equipment value decreases according to the years of vehicle
+service until the sixth year, after which the percentage remains constant at 15
+percent. This bill decreases the percentage by one-third, from 15 percent to 10
+percent, for a vehicle in its 7th year of service, and by two-thirds, from 15 percent
+to 5 percent, for a vehicle in its 8 th year of service, or later. The estimated
+decrease in county vehicle registration fees to counties and local entities, and
+the Public School Foundation Program Account (SFP), including school districts, are
+provided in the above table. Vehicle registration fees are distributed to counties,
+local entities, school districts, and the SFP in the same manner as property tax
+revenues.
 
-A BILL
+The SFP will experience a revenue decrease from the county vehicle registration
+fees supporting K-12 public education. For purposes of this analysis, the decrease
+in county vehicle registration fee revenues to the SFP is shown as an absolute
+revenue decrease in lieu of estimating separate impacts for the SFP revenue decrease
+in the form of school district recapture payments and the SFP expenditure increase
+in the form of school district entitlement payments.
 
-for
+Assumptions:
 
-1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending the formula to
-2 calculate county vehicle registration fees for specified
-3 vehicles; and providing for an effective date.
-4
-5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
-6
-7 Section 1.  W.S. 31-3-101(a)(i)(F) and by creating new
-8 subparagraphs (G) and (H) is amended to read:
-9
-10 31-3-101.  Registration fees; exemptions.
-11
-12 (a)  Except as otherwise provided, the following fees
-13 shall accompany each application for the registration of a
-14 vehicle:
-15
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0065
+Based on fiscal year (FY 2025) county vehicle registration fees totaling
+$193,244,251, the total reduction in county vehicle registration fees is estimated
+to be $62,300,000 in FY 2027, $65,000,000 in FY 2028, $70,000,000 in FY 2029. Using
+the FY 2025 collections and distributions, the reduction in vehicle registration
+fees for FY 2026, FY 2027, and FY 2028 are estimated to be split as follows: 57.4
+percent of the reduction appears as a revenue decrease to the SFP, which is inclusive
+of the amounts to school districts ($35,700,000, $37,300,000, and $40,200,000 in
+FY 2027, FY 2028, and FY 2029, respectively), and 42.6 percent of the reduction
+appears as a revenue decrease to counties and local entities ($26,600,000,
+$27,700,000, and $29,800,000 in FY 2027, FY 2028, and FY 2029, respectively).
 
- 2 HB0030
+This bill may require the Legislature to appropriate additional funds from the SFP
+for increased entitlement payments to ensure sufficient funding is available to
+offset the reduction in revenue generated by the county vehicle registration fees.
 
-1 (i)  A county registration fee computed as
-2 follows, or five dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater:
-3
-4 (F)  3% of 15% of the factory price plus
-5 special equipment value for a vehicle in its sixth year of
-6 service; and thereafter.
-7
-8 (G)  3% of 10% of the factory price plus
-9 special equipment value for a vehicle in its seventh year
-10 of service;
-11
-12 (H)  3% of 5% of the factory price plus
-13 special equipment value for a vehicle in its eighth year of
-14 service and thereafter.
-15
-16 Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2026.
-17
-18 (END)
+Prepared by:   Enee Crosslin, LSO  Phone: 777-7881
+(Information provided by Rodney Freier, Department of Transportation, 777-4174)