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Committee moves forward with vehicle fees to shore up Highway Trust Fund; manager increases EV fee to $250
Summary
In its reconciliation committee print, the House Transportation Committee proposed new annual registration fees on electric and hybrid vehicles to help address a projected Highway Trust Fund shortfall; the manager's amendment removed a universal passenger-vehicle fee and raised the electric vehicle fee to $250.
The committee print introduced at the markup includes a set of new vehicle registration fees designed to send revenue to the Highway Trust Fund. Chairman Sam Graves said the draft ‘‘implements a $200 annual fee on electric vehicles and a $100 annual fee on hybrid vehicles’’ as a user‑pays offset for a projected shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.
During debate the manager’s amendment modified that approach. The manager's amendment struck a $20 universal passenger vehicle fee and increased the annual electric vehicle fee to $250; the amendment also set an annual hybrid fee (committee text varied during debate) and made offsets elsewhere in the bill to meet the…
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