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Committee advances bill proposing road-usage charge for all-electric vehicles; debate centers on data and fairness
Summary
St. Paul — The Senate Transportation Committee on March 26 advanced Senate File 1480, a proposal to impose a road-usage charge on all-electric vehicles based on miles driven reported by vehicle systems and confirmed through an account-provider system.
St. Paul — The Senate Transportation Committee on March 26 advanced Senate File 1480, a proposal to impose a road-usage charge on all-electric vehicles based on miles driven reported by vehicle systems and confirmed through an account-provider system. The bill was moved to the Taxes Committee without recommendation.
Sponsor Sen. John Carlson offered an A1 author’s amendment to ensure the revenue would be deposited in the Highway User Trust Fund and to address a drafting oversight. Carlson said the proposal would apply only to all-electric vehicles, not hybrids, and would rely on vehicle telematics and odometer data to separate miles driven in Minnesota from miles driven elsewhere.
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