R926-17-2. Definitions

  (1) "Account manager" means an entity under contract with the Department to operate and manage the road usage charge program on its behalf.

  (2) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102.

  (3) "Chargeable miles" means the number of miles for which the RUC participant will be charged under the program parameters in place at the time the miles are driven.

  (4) "Department" means the Utah Department of Transportation.

  (5) "DMV" means the Utah Division of Motor Vehicles.

  (6) "Flat fee" means the additional registration fee applied to alternative fuel vehicles as defined in Utah Code Subsections 41-1a-1206(1)(h) and 1206(2)(b).

  (7) "Payment period" means the interval during which an owner/lessee is required to report mileage and pay the appropriate RUC fee according to the terms of the program.

  (8) "Program" means the RUC program established and described in this section.

  (9) "RUC" means "road usage charge".

  (10) "RUC fee" means the accrued amount owed to an account manager. It is calculated as the number of chargeable miles driven multiplied by the RUC rate.

  (11) "RUC participant" means the owner or lessee of an alternative fuel vehicle that is enrolled in the program.

  (12) "RUC rate" means the amount of money per mile driven that RUC participants are required to pay, and which has been approved by the Transportation Commission to be used in the program.

  (13) "Value-added services" means amenities that an account manager may want to offer RUC participants, but which are ancillary to the core RUC purpose of collecting and reporting miles driven.