Montana Code 15-70-455. Nonresident special fuel user’s temporary trip permits — nonresident agricultural harvesting equipment special fuel permit — nonresident special fuel user’s agricultural product temporary trip permit
15-70-455. Nonresident special fuel user’s temporary trip permits — nonresident agricultural harvesting equipment special fuel permit — nonresident special fuel user‘s agricultural product temporary trip permit. (1) Any nonresident person operating a special fuel-powered vehicle over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight upon the public roads and highways of this state who is not covered under the International Fuel Tax Agreement provided for in 15-70-121 is required to purchase a special fuel user’s temporary trip permit. The permits must be issued by motor carrier services division employees, Montana highway patrol officers, and other enforcing agents that the department may prescribe by order or rule.
Terms Used In Montana Code 15-70-455
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Montana Code 15-70-401
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, joint-stock company, syndicate, partnership, or corporation. See Montana Code 15-70-401
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- Public roads and highways of this state: means all streets, roads, highways, and related structures:
(a)built and maintained with appropriated funds of the United States, the state of Montana, or any political subdivision of the state;
(b)dedicated to public use;
(c)acquired by eminent domain, as provided in Title 60, chapter 4, or Title 70, chapter 30; or
(d)acquired by adverse use by the public, with jurisdiction having been assumed by the state or any political subdivision of the state. See Montana Code 15-70-401
- special fuel: includes biodiesel and additives of all types when the additive is mixed or blended into special fuel, regardless of the additive's classifications or uses. See Montana Code 15-70-401
- Special fuel user: means a person who consumes special fuel for the operation of motor vehicles owned or controlled by the person on the public roads and highways of this state. See Montana Code 15-70-401
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)Any nonresident person upon entering the state with agricultural harvesting equipment that is over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight and that is powered by special fuel and operating upon the public roads and highways of this state who is not covered under the International Fuel Tax Agreement provided for in 15-70-121 is required to purchase a nonresident agricultural harvesting equipment special fuel permit. The permit must be issued by motor carrier services division employees, Montana highway patrol officers, and other enforcing agents that the department may prescribe by order or rule.
(3)Any nonresident person operating a special fuel-powered vehicle over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight upon the public roads and highways of this state who is using the vehicle for the movement of that person’s agricultural products, as defined in 80-11-101, and who is not covered under the International Fuel Tax Agreement provided for in 15-70-121 is required to purchase a special fuel user’s agricultural product temporary trip permit. The permit is not valid for contract custom haulers. The permit is valid for a radius of 70 miles from a point specified on the permit. The permit must be issued by motor carrier services division employees, Montana highway patrol officers, and other enforcing agents that the department may prescribe by order or rule. A permit application may be submitted electronically, and the permit may be subsequently issued when the appropriate fee required in 15-70-456(3) is received by the permit issuer. Any costs associated with the electronic application process may be added to the total cost of the permit.