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Committee flags EV infrastructure fee and proposed transfer to ACCD; statutory change would let funds flow differently
Summary
JFO presentation notes EV purchase-and-use fee proceeds currently flow to ACCD; FY27 budget proposes language to permit T Fund monies to route to ACCD for EV charging stations rather than routing through the transportation agency first, a policy and statutory choice the committee must decide.
During the JFO's presentation members focused on an EV infrastructure fee stream derived from the purchase-and-use charge on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Moberry said the fee revenue currently goes to ACCD and that the budget includes a proposal to change statutory routing to allow a portion of T Fund authority to be used directly for ACCD-run EV charging projects for convenience in administration.
Moberry said the change is reflected in the FY27 proposal and that it is a policy decision for the committee: "It has to go to the agency of transportation first," he explained, and the proposed language would alter that routing for this purpose.
Members asked two operational questions: how much revenue the EV fee has collected to date and whether ACCD has been able to get funds out to counties. Moberry said he can report collections and that ACCD would need to come to the committee to explain program rollout; committee members noted some counties have not been able to spend allocated funds due to local barriers.
The committee requested ACCD and the agency of transportation to return with testimony showing collections, disbursements by county and any statutory or administrative barriers to deploying the charging infrastructure funds.
