Establishing a fuel-efficient motor vehicle use tax refund, and making an appropriation

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill establishes a fuel-efficient motor vehicle use tax refund. The bill provides for a use tax refund for certain fuel-efficient motor vehicles whose combined gasoline mileage rating exceeds 35 miles per gallon. The amount of the refund shall be either $10 for each mile per gallon above 35. However, the amount of the refund shall not be less than $25 or more than $250. The use tax refund shall be administered by the environmental protection commission of the department of natural resources. An amount equal to $5 million per fiscal year for five fiscal years is appropriated to the department of revenue to issue the use tax refunds. The bill does not apply to a motorcycle, motorsports recreational vehicle, motorized bicycle, snowmobile, autocycle, or all-terrain vehicle.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 29, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. R. Smith
• Sen. Jerry Behn R
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail

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