If you drive around AZ between Oct-Apr, you see as many out-of-state snowbird plates as AZ ones. Why should us AZ permanent residents subsidize these carpet-baggers?
Raise the gas tax instead, and start charging a HUGE sales fee on these toys-for-the-rich called EVs.
Then pass a bill that out-of-state vehicles that spend more than one week a year in AZ must purchase a registration tag.
If you did that, you could LOWER the registration fee for AZ permanent residents. Problem solved.
Quartzsite used to HATE the snowbirds, and started making things difficult for them, so the snowbirds started staying away.
The town started suffering extraordinarily low revenues during the winter, because all the snowbirds were spending their money in other places where they were welcomed.
Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it!
BTW, Quartzsite now welcomes the snowbirds again.