R926. Transportation, Program Development.R926-17. Road Usage Charge Program.
R926-17-1. Purpose and Authority.
(1) This rule is to administer the State's Road Usage Charge Program.
(2) Section 72-1-213.1 grants the department authority to make this rule.
R926-17-2. Definitions.
(1) "Account manager" means an entity under contract with the department to operate and manage the road usage charge program on the department's behalf.
(2) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means the same as that term defined in Section 72-1-213.1.
(3) "Alternative fuel vehicle fee" means the additional registration fee applied to alternative fuel vehicles as described in Subsection 41-1a-1206(1)(h).
(4) "Department" means the Utah Department of Transportation.
(5) "DMV" means the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles.
(6) "Owner or lessee" means an owner or lessee of an alternative fuel vehicle.
(7) "Program" means the RUC program established and described in this section.
(8) "RUC" means "road usage charge."
(9) "RUC cap" means the road usage charge cap defined in Section 72-1-213.1.
(10) "RUC fee" means the accrued amount owed to an account manager. The RUC fee is calculated as the number of the number of miles for which a RUC participant shall be charged under the program parameters multiplied by the RUC rate.
(11) "RUC participant" means the owner or lessee of an alternative fuel vehicle that is enrolled in the program.
(12) "RUC rate" means the amount of money per mile driven that RUC participants are required to pay as described in Section 72-1-213.1.
(13) "Value-added services" means amenities that an account manager may offer a RUC participant, but which are ancillary to the core RUC purpose of collecting and reporting miles driven.
R926-17-3. Enrollment, Voluntary Withdrawal, and Removal Processes and Terms.
(1) The department shall coordinate with the DMV and the account manager to notify owners or lessees of alternative fuel vehicles that they are eligible to enroll in the program as an alternative to paying the alternative fuel vehicle fee.
(2) The department shall provide a means of directing owners or lessees who want to enroll in the program to an account manager.
(3) An owner or lessee who wants to enroll in the program shall submit the information the account manager requires, including any information necessary to verify whether the owner's or lessee's vehicle is eligible for the program.
(4) The account manager shall charge a RUC participant a prorated amount of the alternative fuel vehicle fee for each month that the RUC participant does not provide the required information to establish the initial odometer value for an enrolled vehicle.
(5) A RUC participant may withdraw a vehicle from the program at any time.
(6) Before withdrawing from the program, a RUC participant shall:
(a) notify the account manager that the RUC participant intends to withdraw from the program;
(b) pay any outstanding RUC fees and penalties;
(c) if withdrawing before completing the RUC participant's full registration cycle, pay the difference between the alternative vehicle fuel fee and any RUC fees paid during the registration cycle; and
(d) fulfill the terms provided in the RUC participant's user agreement, including returning electronic mileage collection devices to the account manager.
(7) A RUC participant who withdraws from the program shall revert to paying the alternative fuel vehicle fee to the DMV until the RUC participant enrolls in the RUC program again.
(8) Involuntary removal of a RUC participant from the program is addressed in Section R926-17-8.
R926-17-4. RUC Participant Payment Methods, Periods, and Procedures.
(1) Each RUC participant shall provide electronic payment information and set up a prepaid wallet at enrollment and shall maintain a minimum balance in the prepaid wallet as described in the user agreement between the account manager and the RUC participant.
(2) RUC participants may only make electronic payments.
(3) The account manager shall send each RUC participant a statement, at least quarterly, that includes miles driven, RUC fees accrued, and amount of money added to the wallet during the previous month.
(4) For a given registration cycle, the maximum amount the account manager may charge in RUC fees to a RUC participant for an enrolled vehicle is equal to the amount of the alternative fuel vehicle fee in effect for that registration cycle. The account manager shall cease accruing RUC fees against an enrolled vehicle once the cumulative amount accrued for the current registration cycle is equal to the alternative fuel vehicle fee applicable to that vehicle type. Fee accrual will resume at the beginning of the next registration cycle.
