SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE, Surcharge on Tall Vehicles for Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund

BILL NUMBER: SB 2558

INTRODUCED BY: MORIWAKI, CHANG, RHOADS, San Buenaventura

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Establishes an annual vehicle registration surcharge for vehicles having a hood height greater than 40 inches for deposit into the safe routes to school program special fund.

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SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge

BILL NUMBER: HB 1161 HD 2 SD 1

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Beginning 7/1/2028, authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the road usage charge. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Specifies that rental motor vehicle companies may visibly pass the costs of the mileage-based road usage charges to the consumer. Expands allowable uses of the State Highway and Highway Funds. Appropriates funds. Continue reading HB 1161 HD 2 SD 1 →

SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge

BILL NUMBER: HB 1161 HD 2

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the road usage charge. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Beginning 7/1/2026, extends the state mileage-based road usage charge to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Specifies that rental motor vehicle companies may visibly pass the costs of the mileage-based road usage charges to the consumer. Continue reading HB 1161 HD 2 →

SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge

BILL NUMBER: HB 1161 HD 2

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the road usage charge. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Beginning 7/1/2026, extends the state mileage-based road usage charge to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Specifies that rental motor vehicle companies may visibly pass the costs of the mileage-based road usage charges to the consumer. Continue reading HB 1161 HD 2 →

SUBJECT:  MOTOR VEHICLE, Forgive Delinquency After Five Years

BILL NUMBER: HB 655 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Transportation

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Limits the required payment of certain unpaid motor vehicle taxes and fees and accompanying financial penalties to those incurred during the most recent 5 consecutive years of delinquency. Continue reading HB 655 HD 1 →

SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge

BILL NUMBER: HB 1161 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Transportation

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the charge. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Repeals the requirement of the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Establishes the State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge Subaccount within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Continue reading HB 1161 HD 1 →

SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; State Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge; County Mileage-Based Road Usage Charge

BILL NUMBER: HB 1161, SB 1480

INTRODUCED BY: HB by NAKAMURA by request, SB by KOUCHI by request (Governor’s Package)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Provides authority for a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge. Provides for disposition of funds of county mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the disposition of funds of state mileage-based road usage charge. Repeals the maximum amount a driver will pay in a state mileage-based road usage charge on June 30, 2028. Establishes a default state mileage-based road usage charge rate when missing, incomplete, or incorrect odometer reading information that will prevent the state mileage-based road usage charge from being calculated. Establishes a state mileage-based road usage charge subaccount to allow for the disbursements or reimbursements back to vehicle owners. Continue reading HB 1161, SB 1480 →

SUBJECT: MOTOR VEHICLE; Exemption for Disabled Veterans

BILL NUMBER: HB 657, SB 607

INTRODUCED BY: HB by HASHEM, AMATO, GARCIA, KAHALOA, LAMOSAO, LEE, M., MIYAKE, MORIKAWA, OLDS, TODD; SB by WAKAI, CHANG, GABBARD, RICHARDS, Fevella, San Buenaventura

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Exempts disabled veterans from the State’s vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State’s annual vehicle registration fee. Continue reading HB 657, SB 607 →