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Committee presses for more testimony on mileage-based fee and proposed pilot‑fund transfer to towns
Summary
Committee members asked for technical briefings on a proposed mileage‑based usage fee (starting for EVs, with potential expansion to all vehicles) and discussed a plan to use pilot‑fund dollars for municipal roads; members voiced equity concerns for low‑mileage drivers and sought a fiscal revisit before voting.
The committee devoted substantial time to transportation provisions in the T‑bill, focusing on a mileage‑based usage fee and a proposed transfer of pilot‑fund money to municipal and local roads.
The chair said a proposal exists to move roughly $9 million from a pilot fund into an appropriation for municipal/local roads and that the proper vehicle for that language is the appropriations bill; members agreed a floor amendment could place the transfer into appropriations prior to a floor vote.
Committee members pressed for additional technical testimony on the…
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