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Committee recommends lowering 2026 personal-property tax rate for electric, hybrid and clean-fuel vehicles
Summary
The finance committee voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors reduce the 2026 personal-property tax rate for vehicles powered solely by electricity, hybrid vehicles and clean special fuel vehicles from $4.15 to $3.09 per $100 assessed value; the motion passed the committee 4-0-1 (Supervisor Umstead absent).
The finance committee voted on Jan. 13 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors reduce the tax year 2026 personal-property tax rate for several vehicle categories, extending the earlier car-tax reduction to include vehicles powered solely by electricity, hybrid vehicles and clean special-fuel vehicles.
The motion, read into the record by the committee chair, asked the board to affirm the personal-property tax rates shown in the committee packet and to lower the specified vehicle-class rates from $4.15 to $3.09 per $100 of assessed value. The chair made the motion and Supervisor Sainz seconded it.
Committee discussion noted that earlier drafts had inadvertently excluded some vehicle categories and thanked staff and supervisors for catching the omission. One supervisor credited staff in the Sterling District for identifying the missing classification that led to the correction.
The committee approved the recommendation by voice vote; the action was recorded as carrying 4-0-1 with Supervisor Umstead off the dais. The recommended change will be transmitted to the full board for final action as part of the FY27 budget process.
