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Committee considers replacing 'shipping weight' with GVWR to tighten vehicle-tax rule
Summary
Members reviewed a DMV-proposed shift from "shipping weight" to gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and a numeric threshold change (to 13,500 GVWR) intended to narrow a tax treatment gap for cab-and-chassis purchases; industry and DMV representatives said the change is verifiable and should not materially reduce revenue.
Legislative Council staff told the Senate Transportation Committee that draft language would strike the definition of "shipping weight" and replace it with "gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)," noting the change appears in multiple sections where the tax is applied. "We would be striking shipping weight... and replacing it with GVWR," Damian Leonard said while walking members through the draft.
Andrew Clark of DMV and…
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