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Conference committee debates timeline and calculation method for mileage-based user fee
Summary
A Vermont legislative conference committee reviewed differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill that would implement a mileage-based user fee, including a six-month shift in the proposed start date and differing intent language about how the fee should be calculated.
Sen. Becca White, vice chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, convened a conference committee meeting to compare the House and Senate versions of a transportation bill that includes provisions to implement a mileage-based user fee.
The committee discussed a Senate proposal to push the programs start date back six months and to define the fees intended parity differently than the House version. Damian Leonard, counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, told the committee the Senate versions dates move the target start from July 1, 2026, to Jan. 1, 2027, and that the Senates…
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