Now Californians who agree to participate actually pay based on the number of miles they drove - derived from odometer readings or GPS tracking - and then are refunded for any gasoline taxes they paid. Last year, California expanded its pilot program, which had given drivers mock bills to show what they would have owed. In Oregon and California, pilot programs have been underway for many years. ![]() Some environmentalists argue that if the goal is to get drivers into electric or hybrid vehicles, imposing taxes on them is a disincentive.Īnd right-leaning opponents worry that rather than substitute for the fuel tax, governments might impose a road use tax on top of gasoline or diesel taxes, though none of the state pilot programs has yet done so. And Tennessee failed to pass a bill to set up a task force on road use fees. Bills that would have set up a permanent per-mile tax in Hawaii failed this year, but supporters say they plan to revive the legislation.īills in Minnesota and Vermont that would have required all owners of electric vehicles to pay a mileage fee also died. Legislation pending in Massachusetts would set up voluntary pilot programs to test how a per-mile charge might work. The law also gives residents the option to participate without location tracking. ![]() To assuage privacy concerns, Virginia enacted a law this year stating that any data collected under that state's pilot fee-per-mile program may not be sold, accessed through a public records request, or used for any purpose other than to collect unpaid fees.
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