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Committee narrows mileage-based user-fee bill: removes escalator, asks for proration and appeals language, limits enforcement
Summary
During markup of draft 4.1 of the mileage-based user-fee bill (MBUF), staff and agency officials explained pay-as-you-go mechanics, EV-transition credits, and enforcement options. The committee voted to remove the escalator (thumbs-up 7–3), asked staff to add an administrative appeal process, directed redrafting on proration for the $89 EV credit, and moved to strike heavy civil-collection tools.
Lawmakers and staff spent the committee’s markup session on a detailed review of draft 4.1 of the mileage-based user-fee (MBUF) proposal, addressing technical definitions, EV transition credits, interest on unpaid fees, appeal processes and enforcement tools.
Staff member (speaker 2) walked members through the draft’s technical changes: clarified definitions for the mileage reporting period, removed an earlier embedded reference to a 'pay-as-you-go' definition, and explained the commissioner’s role in determining actual miles traveled and making 'true-up' adjustments after mileage reporting periods. Staff said newly registered vehicles could opt into the pay-as-you-go program or be assessed an estimated mileage-based fee (staff cited roughly $154 for a typical pleasure car) and that any overpayments or underpayments would be reconciled at the end of each reporting period.
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