VEH.3.11.020 When Part-Period Fees Payable for Vehicles Other than Automobiles;

Computation of Part-Period Fees

The annual registration fee shall be paid in full on all vehicles registered pursuant to Section VEH.3.2.030, unless the vehicles come within one of the following categories, in which event the applicant is liable for the payment of only a part-period fee to be computed in accordance with Section VEH.3.11.020(e):

(a) The vehicle has not previously been registered within this Reservation; or

(b) The vehicle previously was registered within this Reservation; but

(1) The vehicle in the meantime has been registered in another jurisdiction and such foreign registration was in effect during or subsequent to the expiration of the previous registration in this state; or

(2) The vehicle was transferred to the applicant after the expiration of the last registration in this state; or

(3) At least 12 months have elapsed since the end of the period for which the vehicle previously was registered and the applicant files with the department a statement that did not, during such 12-month period, operate or consent to the operation of the vehicle under circumstances making the vehicle subject to registration in this state; or

(4) The vehicle is a motorcycle which has been transferred to the applicant and for which current registration plates had been issued to the previous owner; or

(5) The vehicle which has been transferred to the applicant is a motor home or a truck; or

(6) The vehicle is subject to the provisions of sub. (5); or

(d) The vehicle is owned by a person who has been in active military service and less than 12 months of non-operation have elapsed since the end of the period for which the vehicle was previously registered, provided the applicant files with the department a statement of such non-operation.

(e) Part-period registration fees shall be computed as follows:

(1) For vehicles registered under the conditions in Section VEH.3.11.020(a), Section VEH.3.11.020(b), or Section VEH.3.11.020(d), the fee for the current registration period shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee prescribed for the vehicle multiplied by the number of months of the current registration period which have not fully expired on the date the vehicle first is operated by or with the consent of the applicant under circumstances making it subject to registration by the Lac Courte Oreilles. In the case of a vehicle which has not previously been registered or which has not been registered within this Reservation by the present owner since the owner last acquired ownership of the vehicle, the department shall assume that the date of first operation bill of sales evidencing transfer of ownership to the applicant unless he or she files with the department a statement that the vehicle was not so operated until a later date, specifying the date of such first operation. The department may refuse to accept any statement which projects the date of first operation into the future.

(2) For the registration of a replacement vehicle under the conditions set forth in Section VEH.3.11.020(c), or the fee shall be computed as for a vehicle not previously registered in this state, but a credit shall be allowed for the unused portion of the fee paid for the vehicle being replaced. Such credit shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee prescribed for the vehicle being replaced multiplied by the number of months of registration which have not fully expired at the time the vehicle being replaced was junked, traded, sold or removed from jurisdiction of the Lac Courte Oreilles. Except for a vehicle registered on a biennial basis, it is not necessary that the replacement vehicle be of the same type as the one being replaced in order for the applicant to take advantage of the credit but the credit may be applied toward registration of the replacement vehicle only up to the date when the registration of the vehicle being replaced would have expired.