Arizona Revised Statutes Title 28. Transportation § 28-5474. Axle fees;  commercial vehicles;  border crossing;  definition

A. The director may adopt rules establishing a fee based on the number of axles attached to a foreign vehicle or a foreign vehicle combination that is imposed on nonresidents operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination that enters this state by crossing the border between this state and Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.

B. If the director establishes a fee by rule pursuant to this section, the fee shall apply to a nonresident who is operating or causing the operation of a foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination and who is required to register the foreign vehicle or foreign vehicle combination pursuant to § 28-2321 or who is responsible for paying any fees required by § 28-2324, 28-2325, 28-5739, 28-5863 or 28-5864.

C. The director shall deposit, pursuant to §§ 35-146 and 35-147, fees collected pursuant to this section as follows:

D. For the purposes of this section, “foreign vehicle” or “foreign vehicle combination” means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows that is registered in a foreign country or jurisdiction of a foreign country and enters this state by crossing the border between this state and Mexico in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.