Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and passed in 2018, both established a mileage-based road usage fee.Ĭalifornia Senate Republican leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) also raised his objections on social media, noting many of his constituents commute and would be negatively impacted if a VMT tax replaced the state’s current gas tax.
SB 1077, authored by former state senator and current Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), and SB 1328, which was authored by State Sen. We need this transition to fund our roads and transit systems.”Īccording to Bates’ office, the state has had RUC and VMT pilot programs in place since 2014. “We gave final approval to the bill and sent it to the Governor. “I’m authoring a bill (#SB339) to evaluate a road charge based on vehicle miles traveled, to eventually replace (sic) gas tax,” Wiener said on Sept. The law, though, does not reveal how the state will collect the necessary information to track mileage. Those who participate would receive a credit or a refund for fuel taxes or electric vehicle fees, according to the statute. One group will be subject to a fee per mile traveled, while the other will be subject to an individually calculated fee per mile traveled equal to the state per-gallon fuel tax divided by the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimated fuel economy rating based on the manufacturer, model and year of the vehicle. The program is voluntary to non-state-owned vehicles, according to the law’s language.
The committee must make its recommendations to the transportation agency regarding the program’s design program and revenue collection by July 1, 2023.
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