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Arizona Statutes Governing Towing

 

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28-737. High occupancy vehicle lanes; civil penalty; definition

28-872. Removal of illegally stopped vehicles; liability for costs; hearing

28-981. Vehicle equipment; safety requirement

28-1095. Vehicle length; exceptions; permits; rules; definition

28-1108. Vehicle towing; rules; contractual agreement for towing services; weight exemption

28-1109. Motor vehicle towing advisory council

28-2153. Registration requirement; exceptions; assessment; violation; classification

28-5431. Weight; definitions

28-5860. Transaction privilege tax exemption

42-5062. Transporting classification

42-5071. Personal property rental classification

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28-737. High occupancy vehicle lanes; civil penalty; definition

A. Except as provided in section 28-2416 and subsections B and C of this

section, a person shall not drive a vehicle carrying fewer than two

persons, including the driver, in a high occupancy vehicle lane at any

time the use of the high occupancy vehicle lane is restricted to

vehicles carrying two or more persons, including the driver.

 

B. If the department receives approval from the federal government

allowing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid vehicles, a

person may drive a hybrid vehicle with alternative fuel vehicle special

plates, or an alternative fuel vehicle sticker, and a hybrid vehicle

sticker issued pursuant to section 28-2416 in high occupancy vehicle

lanes at any time, regardless of occupancy level, without penalty.

 

C. During the performance of a tow truck operator's duties, a tow truck

operator may drive a tow truck in a high occupancy vehicle lane,

regardless of occupancy level, without penalty.

 

D. A person who violates subsection A of this section is subject to a

civil penalty of two hundred dollars.

 

E. Notwithstanding section 28-1554, one hundred dollars of each civil

penalty collected pursuant to subsection D of this section shall be

deposited in the state general fund.

 

F. For the purposes of this section, "hybrid vehicle" means a

factory-manufactured vehicle that satisfies all of the following:

 

1. Combines two or more power train technologies to produce a vehicle

with significantly lower fuel consumption than the average of its class.

 

2. Exhibits the storage of kinetic energy by use of regenerative braking

and batteries or capacitors, and the stored energy is used to assist or

provide full acceleration of the vehicle.

 

3. Allows a portion of the energy to be supplied from an internal

combustion engine or fuel cell for vehicle acceleration and to store

electrical energy on board.

 

4. Obtains all energy required to operate from storage fuel tanks placed

on board the vehicle.

 

5. Has been approved by the United States environmental protection

agency as meeting, at a minimum, the United States environmental

protection agency ultralow emission vehicle standard pursuant to 40 Code

of Federal Regulations section 88.104-94.

 

28-872. Removal of illegally stopped vehicles; liability for costs; hearing

A. If a police officer finds a vehicle standing on a highway in

violation of section 28-871 the officer may move the vehicle or require

the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle

to a position off the paved or main traveled part of the highway.

 

B. A police officer may remove or cause to be removed to a place of

safety an unattended vehicle that is illegally left standing on a

highway, bridge or causeway or in a tunnel in a position or under

circumstances that obstruct the normal movement of traffic.

 

C. A police officer may remove or cause the removal of a vehicle to the

nearest garage or other place of safety as follows:

 

1. If a report has been made that the vehicle has been stolen or taken

without the consent of its owner.

 

2. If the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are unable to

provide for its custody or removal.

 

3. If the person driving or in control of the vehicle is arrested for an

alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the

person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay.

 

4. If the vehicle is left unattended for more than four hours on the

right-of-way of a freeway that has full control of access and no

crossings at grade.

 

5. Within the boundaries of a city, if the vehicle is left unattended

for more than two hours on the right-of-way of a freeway that has full

control of access and no crossings at grade.

 

D. Except as provided in subsection E of this section:

 

1. The public agency employing an officer who removes or causes the

removal of a vehicle under this section is not liable for the cost of

towing or storing the vehicle if the officer acts under color of the

officer's lawful authority.

 

2. Before release of the vehicle by the towing service, the owner or the

owner's agent of a vehicle that is removed or caused to be removed under

this article shall pay or make satisfactory arrangements to pay for any

reasonable towing and storage costs incurred in towing or storing the

vehicle.

 

E. If a tow truck operator is required in writing by a public agency to

tow or store a vehicle that is required as evidence in a criminal action

or for future criminal investigation by the public agency, the public

agency is liable for the towing and storage costs of the vehicle.

 

F. If a police officer removes or causes the removal of a vehicle as

permitted by this section, the public agency employing the officer shall

provide the registered owner of the vehicle or the registered owner's

agent with the opportunity for a post-storage hearing to determine the

validity of the removal. This hearing shall be conducted within

forty-eight hours after a request, excluding weekends and holidays. The

public agency employing the officer may authorize its own officer or

employee to conduct the hearing if the hearing officer is not the same

person who removed or caused the removal of the vehicle. The public

agency employing the officer who removes or causes the removal of the

vehicle is responsible for the costs incurred for towing and storage if

it is determined at the hearing that probable cause for the removal

cannot be established.

 

28-981. Vehicle equipment; safety requirement

A person shall not drive or move on a highway a motor vehicle, tow

truck, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer or any combination of a

motor vehicle, tow truck, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer unless:

 

1. The equipment on the vehicle is in good working order and adjustment

as required in this chapter.

 

2. The vehicle is in a safe mechanical condition that does not endanger

the driver or other occupant or a person on the highway.

 

28-1095. Vehicle length; exceptions; permits; rules; definition

A. A vehicle, including any load on the vehicle, shall not exceed a

length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, including front and rear

bumpers. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:

 

1. A semitrailer when used in combination with a truck tractor.

 

2. A truck that is equipped with a conveyor bed, that is used solely as

a fiber and forage module mover and that does not exceed forty-eight

feet in length.

 

3. An articulated bus or articulated trolley coach that does not exceed

a length of sixty feet.

 

4. A bus that is not articulated and that does not exceed a length of

forty-five feet.

 

5. A recreational vehicle if used in combination with two units and if

the combination does not exceed sixty-five feet in length.

 

6. A recreational vehicle as defined in section 41-2142, paragraph 30,

subdivision (b) that does not exceed a length of forty-five feet.

 

B. A vehicle transporter may draw only one semitrailer. A combination of

vehicles, excluding a vehicle transporter and the semitrailer it draws,

that is coupled together shall not consist of more than two units,

except that a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer may draw either one

trailer or a forklift.

 

C. The following restrictions apply:

 

1. The length of a semitrailer operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer

combination or a truck tractor-semitrailer-forklift combination shall

not exceed fifty-seven feet six inches.

 

2. The length of a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck

tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination shall not exceed twenty-eight

feet six inches.

 

3. The length of a trailer operating in a truck-trailer combination

shall not exceed twenty-eight feet six inches.

 

4. If the length of a semitrailer is more than fifty-three feet, the

overall length of a truck tractor-semitrailer combination shall not

exceed sixty-five feet on all highways, except for the national

intercity truck route network designated by the United States secretary

of transportation as required by the surface transportation assistance

act of 1982 or on a system of highways that is designated by a local

authority. In designating the streets, the local authority shall

consider any reasonable restriction including such safety restrictions

as structural hazards and street width and any other safety factors

identified by the local authority as a hazard to the motoring public.

 

5. A vehicle transporter and the semitrailer it draws shall not exceed a

length of seventy-five feet.

 

D. Subsection B and subsection C, paragraphs 1 through 4 of this section

do not apply to damaged, disabled or abandoned vehicles or combinations

of vehicles while being towed by a tow truck in compliance with section

28-1108.

 

E. Notwithstanding subsections B and C of this section, extensions of

not more than three feet beyond the foremost part and six feet beyond

the rear bed or body of a vehicle or combination of vehicles used to

transport manufactured vehicles or fiber and forage shall not be

included in measuring the length of the vehicle or combination of

vehicles when loaded.

 

F. Pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to section 28-1103, a truck or a

truck tractor and semitrailer may draw not more than two trailers or

semitrailers. The department shall adopt rules governing the movement

and safety of a combination of vehicles under this subsection and

authorizing the issuance in advance of prepaid permits. The rules shall

include the adoption of minimum speeds on grades, lighting, signing,

identification and braking requirements and any other rules the

department deems necessary. The permit issued pursuant to this

subsection is limited to the following highways:

 

1. An interstate highway that connects with two states if both states

allow two trailers or semitrailers and if the interstate highway does

not exceed forty miles between the connecting states.

 

2. Portions of an alternate state route that are located within four

miles of and extend to the border of this state and an adjacent state

that allows two trailers or semitrailers.

 

3. A state route that extends at least ten miles through an Indian

reservation, that does not cross the Colorado river and that is located

within twenty miles of and extends to the border of this state and an

adjacent state that allows two trailers or semitrailers.

 

G. Notwithstanding subsections B and C of this section:

 

1. A motor vehicle may draw one single axle tow dolly on which a motor

vehicle may be transported. A person shall secure the raised end of any

motor vehicle being transported pursuant to this paragraph to the tow

dolly by two separate chains, cables or equivalent devices adequate to

prevent shifting or separation of the drawn vehicle and the tow dolly.

As used in this paragraph, "single axle tow dolly" means a vehicle drawn

by a motor vehicle and designed and used exclusively to transport

another motor vehicle by which the front or rear wheels of the drawn

motor vehicle are mounted on the tow dolly while the other wheels of the

drawn motor vehicle remain in contact with the ground.

 

2. A truck or a truck tractor may draw a trailer or semitrailer that

does not exceed a length of fifty-seven feet only on an interstate

highway or on a highway that is within ten miles of an interstate

highway if the trailer or semitrailer is manufactured in this state and

is traveling with or without a load from its place of manufacture to be

delivered for use outside this state.

 

3. A recreational vehicle may pull two units if all of the following

conditions are met:

 

(a) The middle unit is equipped with a fifth wheel and brakes and has a

weight equal to or greater than the rear unit.

 

(b) If the rear unit has a gross weight of three thousand pounds or

more, it is equipped with brakes.

 

(c) The total combined gross weight of the towed units does not exceed

the manufacturer's stated gross vehicle weight of the towing unit.

 

H. For purposes of this section, "recreational vehicle" means a motor

vehicle that is designed and customarily used for private pleasure,

including vehicles commonly called motor homes, pickup trucks with

campers and pickup trucks with a fifth wheel trailing device.

 

28-1108. Vehicle towing; rules; contractual agreement for towing

services; weight exemption

A. If a vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other

connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed by

the vehicle and the drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen

feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any

two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a

structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered.

 

B. If a vehicle is towing another vehicle and the connection consists of

a chain, rope or cable, a white flag or cloth at least twelve inches

square shall be displayed on the connection.

 

C. The director of the department of public safety shall adopt and

enforce rules that are not inconsistent with this chapter to govern the

design and operation of all tow trucks.

 

D. A person may not operate a tow truck for the purpose of towing

vehicles without first registering with the director of the department

of public safety and obtaining a permit pursuant to the rules that

govern tow trucks and that are adopted by the department of public safety.

 

E. The director of the department of public safety or a county, city or

town may enter into a contractual agreement with a towing firm or firms

for towing or storage services, or both. The contractual agreement shall

comply with this section and all rules adopted under this section.

Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding. The

director of the department of public safety or a county, city or town

shall reserve the right to reject all bids. If only one bid is received,

the director of the department of public safety or a county, city or

town may reject the bid and negotiate a contract without bidding if the

negotiated contract is at a price lower than the bid price under the

terms and conditions specified in the call for bids.

 

F. The total weight of a tow truck and the towed vehicle is exempt from

the maximum total gross weight load allowed under section 28-1100 if a

damaged, disabled or abandoned vehicle or vehicle combination is towed.

 

28-1109. Motor vehicle towing advisory council

A. The motor vehicle towing advisory council is established consisting

of the following thirteen members:

 

1. The director of the department of public safety or the director's

designee.

 

2. The director of the department of transportation or the director's

designee.

 

3. Three members of the public who do not have a financial interest in

any towing business and who are appointed by the governor.

 

4. Six members who are registered with the department of public safety

to operate a towing and storage business in this state and who are

appointed by the governor. Under this paragraph, the governor shall not

appoint more than two persons from the same towing and storage

organization or association to serve as members concurrently or more

than two persons from any one county to serve as members concurrently.

The members representing the towing and storage businesses shall be

appointed as follows:

 

(a) Two members who represent the interest and concerns of towing

businesses that operate at least one but not more than five articles of

towing equipment.

 

(b) Two members who represent the interest and concerns of towing

businesses that operate at least six but not more than twelve articles

of towing equipment.

 

(c) Two members who represent the interest and concerns of towing

businesses that operate more than twelve articles of towing equipment.

 

5. One member who represents a law enforcement agency of an incorporated

city or town, who has experience in dealing with towing and storage

services and who is appointed by the governor. This member shall

represent a law enforcement agency of an incorporated city or town that

is not located in the same county that is represented by the member

appointed pursuant to paragraph 6 of this subsection.

 

6. One member who represents a law enforcement agency of a county, who

has experience in dealing with towing and storage services and who is

appointed by the governor.

 

B. The members appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraphs 3 through

6 serve staggered terms of three years unless a member vacates the

position. Appointment to fill a vacancy resulting other than from

expiration of a term is for the unexpired term only.

 

C. The advisory council shall:

 

1. Meet at least four times in each calendar year.

 

2. Select from its members a person to serve as chairman.

 

3. Advise and assist the department of public safety concerning matters

related to rules governing the design and operation of all tow trucks in

this state.

 

4. Advise and assist the department of public safety in resolving

complaints from consumers and tow truck operators. The department of

public safety shall provide quarterly to the advisory council

information related to the complaints including the number, nature and

disposition of the complaints.

 

5. Establish a mailing list that includes any person who expresses

interest in the advisory council's activities. The advisory council

shall provide the list to the department of public safety, and the

department of public safety shall send notice by first class mail to

each person on the list at least fifteen days before the date on which a

meeting of the advisory council is scheduled to be held.

 

6. Submit a report with its findings and recommendations on or before

December 1 of each year to the governor, the president of the senate and

the speaker of the house of representatives.

 

D. The department of public safety shall provide staff to support the

towing advisory council.

 

E. Members of the advisory council are not eligible to receive

compensation or reimbursement for expenses.

 

28-2153. Registration requirement; exceptions; assessment; violation;

classification

A. A person shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a

motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the motor vehicle, trailer

or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current

registration year or is properly registered for the current registration

year by the state or country of which the owner or lessee is a resident.

 

B. A resident shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a

motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is:

 

1. Owned by a nonresident and that is primarily under the control of a

resident of this state for more than seven months unless the motor

vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department

for the current registration year.

 

2. Leased by the resident for more than twenty-nine days unless the

motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the

department for the current registration year.

 

C. This section applies to a trailer or semitrailer without motive power

unless the vehicle is disabled or is being towed as an abandoned vehicle

at the direction of a law enforcement agency.

 

D. This section does not apply to:

 

1. A farm tractor.

 

2. A trailer used solely in the operation of a farm for transporting the

unprocessed fiber or forage products of a farm or any implement of

husbandry designed primarily for or used in agricultural operations and

only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.

 

3. A road roller or road machinery, including a power sweeper, that is

temporarily operating or moved on the highway.

 

4. An owner permitted to operate a vehicle under special provisions

relating to lienholders, manufacturers, dealers and nonresidents.

 

5. Motorized or nonmotorized equipment designed primarily for and used

in mining operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.

 

6. A motor vehicle that is being towed by a tow truck that has been

registered and for which a permit has been obtained pursuant to section

28-1108.

 

7. A golf cart used in the operation of a golf course or only

incidentally operated or moved on a highway.

 

8. Wheeled equipment. For the purposes of this paragraph, "wheeled

equipment" means:

 

(a) A compressor.

 

(b) A forklift.

 

(c) A portable cement mixer.

 

(d) A single axle tow dolly as defined in section 28-1095.

 

(e) A tar pot.

 

(f) A water trailer used for watering livestock or for agricultural or

domestic purposes.

 

(g) A welder.

 

(h) Any other similar item designed and used primarily for construction

or building trade purposes.

 

9. An all-terrain vehicle or an off-road recreational motor vehicle

operating on a dirt road that is located in an unincorporated area of

this state. For the purposes of this paragraph, "dirt road" means an

unpaved or ungraveled road that is not maintained by this state or a

city, town or county of this state.

 

E. A person who owns or operates a trailer that is exempt from

registration pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section shall

notify the county assessor of the exemption, and the assessor shall

assess the trailer.

 

F. A person who violates subsection E of this section is guilty of a

class 2 misdemeanor.

 

28-5431. Weight; definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

1. "Declared gross weight" means the gross weight in pounds ascribed to

a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or vehicle combination by the

applicant for registration.

 

2. "Gross weight" means the sum of the empty weight in pounds of a motor

vehicle combination plus the weight in pounds of the maximum load to be

carried on the motor vehicle combination at any one time, except that

for tow trucks, gross weight means the sum of the empty weight in pounds

of the tow truck plus the weight in pounds of operational supplies and

equipment.

 

3. "Vehicle combination" means a motor vehicle and the trailers and

semitrailers that it tows.

 

28-5860. Transaction privilege tax exemption

A. Payment of the motor carrier fee by a motor carrier exempts the motor

carrier from transaction privilege tax or any similar tax imposed by any

taxing authority in this state.

 

B. Except as provided in this article, any other taxing authority in

this state shall not impose a transaction privilege tax or any similar

tax based on the gross proceeds of sales or gross income from sales

derived from any of the following:

 

1. A motor carrier's use on the public highways under section 42-5062,

subsection A, paragraph 1.

 

2. Leasing a motor vehicle under section 42-5071, subsection B,

paragraph 4.

 

42-5062. Transporting classification

A. The transporting classification is comprised of the business of

transporting for hire persons, freight or property by motor vehicle,

railroads or aircraft from one point to another point in this state. The

transporting classification does not include:

 

1. Transporting for hire persons, freight or property by motor carriers

subject to a fee prescribed in title 28, chapter 16, article 4 or by

light motor vehicles subject to a fee under title 28, chapter 15, article 4.

 

2. The business of transporting for hire persons traveling in air

commerce by aircraft if taxation of the business is preempted by federal

law.

 

3. Ambulances or ambulance services provided under title 48 or certified

pursuant to title 36, chapter 21.1 or provided by a city or town in a

county with a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand persons

as determined in the most recent United States decennial census.

 

4. Public transportation program services for the dial-a-ride programs

and special needs transportation services.

 

5. Transporting freight or property for hire by a railroad operating

exclusively in this state if the transportation comprises a portion of a

single shipment of freight or property, involving more than one

railroad, either from a point in this state to a point outside this

state or from a point outside this state to a point in this state. For

purposes of this paragraph, "a single shipment" means the transportation

that begins at the point at which one of the railroads first takes

possession of the freight or property and continues until the point at

which one of the railroads relinquishes possession of the freight or

property to a party other than one of the railroads.

 

B. The tax base for the transporting classification is the gross

proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business, except that

the following shall be deducted from the tax base:

 

1. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from transporting

for hire persons, freight or property by a railroad pursuant to a

contract with another railroad that is also considered to be engaged in

the businesses of transporting persons, freight or property for hire if

the other railroad is liable for the tax on gross proceeds of sales or

gross income attributable to the transportation.

 

2. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from business

activity that is properly included in any other business classification

under this article and that is taxable to the person engaged in that

classification, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income to be

deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person

conducting the activity.

 

3. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from a business

activity that is arranged by the person who is subject to tax under this

section and that is not taxable to the person conducting the activity

due to an exclusion, exemption or deduction under this section or

section 42-5073, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income to be

deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person

conducting the activity.

 

4. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from business

activity that is arranged by a person who is subject to tax under this

section and that is taxable to another person under this section who

conducts the activity, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income

to be deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person

conducting the activity.

 

42-5071. Personal property rental classification

A. The personal property rental classification is comprised of the

business of leasing or renting tangible personal property for a

consideration. The tax does not apply to:

 

1. Leasing or renting films, tapes or slides used by theaters or movies,

which are engaged in business under the amusement classification, or

used by television stations or radio stations.

 

2. Activities engaged in by the Arizona exposition and state fair board

or county fair commissions in connection with events sponsored by such

entities.

 

3. Leasing or renting tangible personal property by a parent corporation

to a subsidiary corporation or by a subsidiary corporation to another

subsidiary of the same parent corporation if taxes were paid under this

chapter on the gross proceeds or gross income accruing from the initial

sale of the tangible personal property. For the purposes of this

paragraph, "subsidiary" means a corporation of which at least eighty per

cent of the voting shares are owned by the parent corporation.

 

4. Operating coin operated washing, drying and dry cleaning machines or

coin operated car washing machines at establishments for the use of such

machines.

 

5. Leasing or renting tangible personal property for incorporation into

or comprising any part of a qualified environmental technology facility

as described in section 41-1514.02. This paragraph shall apply for ten

full consecutive calendar or fiscal years following the initial lease or

rental by each qualified environmental technology manufacturer, producer

or processor.

 

6. Leasing or renting aircraft, flight simulators or similar training

equipment to students or staff by nonprofit, accredited educational

institutions that offer associate or baccalaureate degrees in aviation

or aerospace related fields.

 

7. Leasing or renting photographs, transparencies or other creative

works used by this state on internet web sites, in magazines or in other

publications that encourage tourism.

 

B. The tax base for the personal property rental classification is the

gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business, but

the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the following

shall be deducted from the tax base:

 

1. Reimbursements by the lessee to the lessor of a motor vehicle for

payments by the lessor of the applicable fees and taxes imposed by

sections 28-2003, 28-2352, 28-2402, 28-2481 and 28-5801, title 28,

chapter 15, article 2 and article IX, section 11, Constitution of

Arizona, to the extent such amounts are separately identified as such

fees and taxes and are billed to the lessee.

 

2. Leases or rentals of tangible personal property which, if it had been

purchased instead of leased or rented by the lessee, would have been

exempt under:

 

(a) Section 42-5061, subsection A, paragraph 8, 9, 12, 13, 25, 29 or 50.

 

(b) Section 42-5061, subsection B, except that a lease or rental of new

machinery or equipment is not exempt pursuant to section 42-5061,

subsection B, paragraph 13 if the lease is for less than two years.

 

(c) Section 42-5061, subsection J, paragraph 1.

 

(d) Section 42-5061, subsection N.

 

3. Motor vehicle fuel and use fuel that are subject to a tax imposed

under title 28, chapter 16, article 1, sales of use fuel to a holder of

a valid single trip use fuel tax permit issued under section 28-5739 and

sales of aviation fuel that are subject to the tax imposed under section

28-8344.

 

4. Leasing or renting a motor vehicle subject to and upon which the fee

has been paid under title 28, chapter 16, article 4.

 

C. Sales of tangible personal property to be leased or rented to a

person engaged in a business classified under the personal property

rental classification are deemed to be resale sales.

 

D. In computing the tax base, the gross proceeds of sales or gross

income from the lease or rental of a motor vehicle does not include any

amount attributable to the car rental surcharge under section 28-5810 or

48-4234.

 

E. Until December 31, 1988, leasing or renting animals for recreational

purposes is exempt from the tax imposed by this section. Beginning

January 1, 1989, the gross proceeds or gross income from leasing or

renting animals for recreational purposes is subject to taxation under

this section. Tax liabilities, penalties and interest paid for taxable

periods before January 1, 1989 shall not be refunded unless the taxpayer

requesting the refund provides proof satisfactory to the department that

the monies paid as taxes will be returned to the customer.

 

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