Arizona Administrative Code › Title 17 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND DRIVER LICENSES › Article 3 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION › Section R17-4-301 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Definitions. In addition to the definitions prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §§
									28-101,
				  28-2231,
				  and
				  28-5100,
				  the following definitions apply to this Article, unless otherwise
				  specified:
"Apportioned commercial vehicle" means a commercial vehicle
				  that is subject to the proportional registration provisions prescribed under
				  A.R.S. §
									28-2233.
"Biennial" means once every two years.
"Business day" means a day other than a Sunday or
				  holiday.
"Calendar quarter" means the following time periods
				  established by the Division: January 1 to March 31, April 1 to June 30, July 1
				  to September 30, and October 1 to December 31.
"Day" means the 24-hour period from one midnight to the
				  following midnight.
"Disabled person" means a recipient of public monies as a
				  disabled individual under Title 16 of the Social Security Act.
"Division" means the Arizona Department of Transportation's
				  Motor Vehicle Division.
"Division Director" means the Assistant Director for the
				  Arizona Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Division or the Assistant
				  Director's designee.
"Drop box" means a receptacle designated by the Division into
				  which a person places vehicle registration forms and fees, and from which the
				  Division retrieves these items daily.
"Effective date of registration" means the date the vehicle
				  first becomes subject to registration fees in Arizona.
"Electronic delivery" means the transmission of registration
				  and credit card information to the Division, by computer, through an authorized
				  third party electronic service provider.
"Emergency Vehicle Permit" means a document issued by the
				  Division's Enforcement Services Program to a private fire department for a
				  single fire engine that authorizes the driver of a permitted vehicle to
				  exercise the privileges prescribed under A.R.S. §
									28-624.
"Expiration date" means the day, month, and year in which a
				  vehicle registration expires.
"Fire Engine" means a motor vehicle containing fire-fighting
				  equipment capable of extinguishing fires.
"IM147 Test" means the emissions test prescribed under A.R.S.
				  §
									49-542(F)(2)(a).
"Included vehicle" means a vehicle subject to annual or
				  biennial Arizona registration unless otherwise excluded from the staggered
				  registration prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-2159 and
				  R17-4-304.
"Initial registration" means the first registration of an
				  included vehicle in Arizona.
"OBD" means the On-Board Diagnostics emissions test
				  prescribed under A.R.S. §
									49-542(F)(2)(a).
"Off-highway vehicle" has the same meaning as prescribed
				  under A.R.S. §
									28-1171.
"Operator Requirements" means the requirements given in
				  Chapter 2, Basic Driver/Operator Requirements, of the National Fire Protection
				  Association Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional
				  Qualification (NFPA 1002), 1998 edition, which is incorporated by reference and
				  on file with the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Office of the
				  Secretary of State. This incorporation by reference contains no future editions
				  or amendments.
"Private fire department" means a fire fighting business
				  equipped to provide emergency fire-fighting devices for a private purpose that
				  is neither a public service corporation nor a municipal entity.
"Private Fire Emergency Vehicle" means a fire engine operated
				  by a private fire department for which an Emergency Vehicle Permit is
				  issued.
"Registration" means the authorization, issued by the
				  Division that allows a vehicle to use state highways.
"Registration fees" means the fees due to the Division at the
				  time of registration and consisting of the general registration fees imposed
				  under A.R.S. §
									28-2003,
				  the vehicle license tax imposed under A.R.S. §
									28-5801,
				  and the commercial registration and gross weight fees imposed under A.R.S. §
									28-5433.
"Registration period" means the time-frame during which a
				  vehicle registration is valid.
"Renewal registration" means the second and subsequent
				  registration of an included vehicle.