Montana Administrative Code

23.3.565 THIRD-PARTY CDL SKILLS TESTING PROGRAM CERTIFICATION In order for a third-party CDL skills testing and recordkeeping facility to obtain and maintain division-approved certification, the facility must have, at a minimum, the following: a testing course approved by the div…

23.3.566 CERTIFICATION FOR EACH THIRD-PARTY CDL SKILLS TEST EXAMINER Third-party CDL skills test examiners must meet the following minimum requirements: pass a fingerprint-based background check paid for by a third-party CDL testing entity. The results must be kept on file for re…

23.3.567 CONDUCTING THIRD-PARTY CDL SKILLS TESTS CDL skills tests must comply with the testing standard of 49 CFR 383. The following rules apply to conducting third-party CDL skills tests: the same CDL skills testing model used by state examiners must be used, including the same …

23.3.568 TEST SCHEDULING, RECORDKEEPING, AND TRANSFERRING CDL SKILLS TEST RESULTS Third-party CDL skills testing programs and their CDL skills test examiners must comply with the testing standard of 49 CFR Part 384. The examiner must, in CSTIMS: schedule each test applicant at le…

23.3.569 AUDITING AUTHORITY BY STATE OR FMCSA REPRESENTATIVES Personnel from the division and FMCSA are authorized to conduct scheduled and unscheduled overt and covert audits on third-party CDL skills test programs and CDL skills test examiners as follows: on-site inspections mu…

23.3.570 THIRD-PARTY CDL SKILLS TESTING PROGRAM AND CDL SKILLS TEST EXAMINER'S DECERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION The division reserves the right to take prompt and appropriate remedial action against a third-party CDL skills testing program or CDL skills test examiner that fai…

23.3.701 EXPIRATION OF REGISTRATION PERIODS All registrations for motor vehicles subject to anniversary date registration expire on the last day of the month preceeding the anniversary registration period. A grace period for registration exists between the 1st and 25th days of th…

23.3.702 MULTIPLE REGISTRATION A person who is the owner, or one of the owners, of more than one motor vehicle subject to anniversary date registration may register all those vehicles at one time, regardless of the registration periods of the individual vehicles. Multiple registr…

23.3.703 TIME FOR REGISTRATION Except for purposes of multiple vehicle registration, persons shall register their vehicles only during the anniversary period assigned to their respective motor vehicle. Any late registration of motor vehicles is subject to the fines and penalties …

23.3.704 DEALER LOT EXEMPTIONS While under 61-3-501, MCA, property taxes or the fee in lieu of property taxes are prorated for the purchaser of a vehicle that has been sold by a licensed car dealer, all other fees are computed on a yearly basis and are not prorated. Authorizing s…

23.3.705 REGISTRATION SLIPS AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION In addition to the information required by law to be contained on motor vehicle registration slips, the slips for motor vehicles subject to anniversary date registration must show: the anniversary date registration period ass…

23.3.751 GENERAL PROVISIONS Beginning in 2014, the department will implement an age-based license plate reissuance process. License plate reissuance is required when a set of license plates has been assigned to one or more vehicles for five years or more. Except as provided in (3…

23.3.752 SCHEDULE FOR REISSUANCE Except as provided in (2), license plates issued on or before December 31, 2009, will be reissued in 2014; plates issued in 2010 will be reissued in 2015; plates issued in 2011 will be reissued in 2016; plates issued in 2012 will be reissued in 20…

23.3.753 NOTIFICATION AND PROCESS FOR REISSUANCE When the license plates issued to a vehicle are due for reissuance, the department will send an annual registration renewal notice to the vehicle owner. The notice will include the total fees required for registration renewal, incl…

23.3.801 DEFINITIONS Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply to ARM 23.3.802 through 23.3.807: "Applicant" means a person seeking to title, register or renew registration for a vehicle. "Bus" means, as provided in 61-1-115 , MCA, "every motor vehicl…

23.3.802 ASSIGNMENT OF MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE Each light vehicle must be assigned an MSRP as prescribed in the database maintained by the department on the statewide motor vehicle computer system. The assignment must be based on the vehicle identification number, m…

23.3.803 VEHICLE YEAR OF MANUFACTURE AND AGE All vehicles will be assigned a year of manufacture. If the year of manufacture cannot be determined from electronic records maintained on the system by the department or from information provided by the applicant at the time of origin…

23.3.804 ASSIGNMENT OF RATED CAPACITY FOR BUSES, HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS AND TRAILERS Each bus, heavy truck or truck tractor must be assigned an RC based on the manufacturer's rated gross vehicle weight for such bus or heavy truck or the manufacturer's rated gross combined w…

23.3.805 COMPUTATION OF TAX FOR LIGHT VEHICLES Each year on the anniversary date of the registration of a light vehicle, the department will calculate the vehicle's depreciated value for taxation using its MSRP and the appropriate factor for vehicle age and type, as provided in 6…

23.3.806 PRORATION OF VEHICLE TAXES OR FEES WHILE IN DEALER INVENTORY A light vehicle, bus, heavy truck, truck tractor or motor home will be considered properly reported as being in a dealer's inventory as of the day and month the county treasurer for the county in which the deal…

23.3.807 GENERAL PROVISIONS If the statewide motor vehicle computer system is temporarily out-of-service when an applicant comes in to title or register a vehicle, the transaction must be delayed until the computer system is operational. If taxes or fees in lieu of taxes on a veh…

23.3.903 INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.904 OPERATOR SUPERVISOR CERTIFICATE REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: AMD & TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.905 OPERATOR'S CERTIFICATE REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.906 EXEMPTION FROM CERTIFICATION REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.914 SPECIAL CERTIFICATION REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.935 METHODS OF ANALYSIS REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.937 EXPRESSION OF RESULTS REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.

23.3.938 CALIBRATION OR STANDARDIZATION REPEALED Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 61-8-405(6) MCA Implementing statute(s): 61-8-405(6) MCA History: AMD & TRANS, from Dept. of Health & Environmental Sciences; 1978 MAR p. 1622, Eff. 12/15/78; REP, 1985 MAR p. 1614, Eff. 11/1/85.