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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 796

Electric vehicles; impose annual tax on, based on mileage traveled each year.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 23, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO IMPOSE AN ANNUAL TAX ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER TAXES FOR WHICH THE VEHICLE IS LIABLE; TO DEFINE "ELECTRIC VEHICLE"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX SHALL BE PAID TO THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AT THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ANNUAL HIGHWAY PRIVILEGE TAX IS PAID; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX SHALL BE EQUAL TO ONE-HALF CENT PER MILE FOR THE NUMBER OF MILES THAT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE HAS TRAVELED DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX COLLECTOR SHALL REMIT THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPORTION THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX AMONG THE VARIOUS PURPOSES SPECIFIED FOR GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL TAXES IN THE SAME PROPORTION THAT THOSE TAXES WERE APPORTIONED FOR THOSE PURPOSES DURING THE PREVIOUS STATE FISCAL YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 14 to February 23, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 23 · stopped40 days

TransportationJan 14 to Feb 23 · stopped40 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 23

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Transportation;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives