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Appropriations panel advances H.944 after Ways & Means amends mileage fee, town highway transfer
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance H.944, the transportation bill, as amended by Ways & Means. The amendment simplifies a mileage‑based user fee for battery electric vehicles, redirects an EV infrastructure fee, and moves a one‑time $1.7 million into town highway aid.
The House Appropriations Committee on March 20 advanced H.944, the annual transportation bill, after agreeing to a Ways & Means amendment that replaced the bill’s original mileage‑based user fee language and adjusted several appropriations and transfers.
Damian Leonard of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee “the bill is H.944” and that “section one … adopts the whole 900 plus million dollar transportation program,” noting that several sections in the bill affect how the state appropriates transportation dollars. He described key changes in the Ways & Means amendment, including a simplified mileage‑based user fee (MBUF) calculation and technical adjustments to the EV infrastructure fee.
Under the amended proposal, the MBUF for battery electric vehicles would be assessed after a vehicle’s second inspection each year by reading mileage and sending a bill. The committee heard an estimate that an average battery electric vehicle owner would pay…
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