R926-17-3. Enrollment, Voluntary Withdrawal and Removal Processes and Terms

  (1) The Department will 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 flat fee applicable to their vehicle.

  (2) The Department will provide a means of directing owners/lessees who want to enroll in the program to an account manager under contract with the Department that will manage all aspects of enrollment in the program.

  (3) Owners/lessees who want to enroll in the program must submit vehicle information that includes the license plate number and vehicle identification number (VIN) to the account manager for verification that the participant's vehicle is eligible for enrollment in the program.

  (4) RUC participants may withdraw a vehicle from the program at any time.

  (5) RUC participants who withdraw a vehicle prior to full completion of the current annual registration cycle must pay the flat fee amount applicable to that vehicle, less any RUC fees paid to date during that registration cycle.

  (6) The process for withdrawing from the program prior to completion of a full registration cycle is as follows:

  (a) RUC participant notifies the account manager that they wish to withdraw from the program.

  (b) RUC participant fulfills any terms in their user agreement related to return of electronic mileage collection devices.

  (7) RUC participants who complete a full registration cycle prior to withdrawing from the program, and have accrued a RUC fee amount less than the applicable annual flat fee, will not be required as a condition of withdrawal to pay the difference between the flat fee amount and the RUC fees they have already accrued.

  (8) RUC participants who withdraw after completing their full registration cycle will revert to paying the flat fee to the DMV until such time as they opt into the RUC program again.

  (9) Involuntary removal of RUC participants from the program is addressed in Section R926-17-8.