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An act to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 39-04-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to passenger motor vehicle registration; and to provide an effective date., the official text

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Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025

HOUSE BILL NO. 1345 (Representatives Heinert, D. Anderson, Berg, Grueneich, Hagert, Ostlie, Hauck)
(Senators Boehm, Cleary, Cory)

AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 39-04-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to passenger motor vehicle registration; and to provide an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 39-04-19 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

a. Passenger motor vehicles:

YEARS REGISTERED

1st, 2nd,

7th, 8th,

10th, 11th,

13th and

Gross

3rd, 4th, 5th,

and 9th

and 12th

Subsequent

Weights

and 6th Years

Years

Years

Years

Less than 3,200

$73

$65

$57

$49

3,200 - 4,499

93

81

69

57

4,500 - 4,999

111

94

79

63

5,000 - 5,999

142

120

98

76

6,000 - 6,999

175

146

117

89

7,000 - 7,999

208

172

137

102

8,000 - 8,999

241

199

157

115

9,000 and over

274

225

177

128

A house car is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles under

this subdivision modified by using the weight applicable to a vehicle whose weight is forty

percent of that of the house car, but not using a weight of less than four thousand pounds

[1814.35 kilograms].

A pickup truck is subject to registration at the rates prescribed for other vehicles

under this subdivision by applying the shippinggross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle

to the fee schedule. At a minimum, the registered gross weight displayed on the

registration card for a pickup truck must be twice the shippinggross vehicle weight rating

of the vehicle. Unless otherwise exempted by this chapter, the owner of a pickup truck

shall request the registered gross weight of the pickup truck be increased to ensure the

registered gross weight is sufficient to include the total weight of the vehicle and any load

transported on or by the vehicle. For purposes of this subdivision, a pickup truck is a

motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than eleven

thousand five hundred pounds [5216.31 kilograms], with an unladen weight of less than

eight thousand pounds [3628.74 kilograms], and which is equipped with an open

box-type bed not exceeding nine feet [2.74 meters] in length.

SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act becomes effective on January 1, 2026.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1345.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 91 Yeas 44

Nays 0 Nays 0

Absent 3 Absent 3

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State
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