Category Archives: motor vehicles

Lege TREND. Car Sharing = Sharing Taxes, Fees. Adieu Rental Cars.

Competing Bills in Arizona want to address how to regulate car sharing apps that treat vehicles like AirbNB treats real property.

  • For car rental companies it is SB 1305 (AZ | 2019) which will:
    • treat peer to peer car sharing just like can rentals
  • For the peer to peer companies,a bill that mirrors ride share v. taxi statewide regulation HB 2559 (AZ | 2019)

Elements of both bills:

  • safety of the cars
  • notificaiton of any recalls on cars
  • insurance requirements

Arizona Capitol Times…

State Funded EV programs. 3 Agencies. $2.46 Billion.

Multiple state agencies in California have committed, in total, $2.46 billion* in public funds to EV programs including:

  • California Utility Commission
    •  $1.048 billion
    • Focus on constructing charging stations
    • Funding from ratepayer fees collected by the three investor-owned utilities CPUC oversees
    •  2015’s Senate Bill 350
  • California air resources board
    • $1.087 billion
    • More than half goes to the EV rebate program
    •  $423 million to zero-emission trucks, buses and other vehicles
  • Calif…

Read the Bills. 6 State Approaches to Direct Sales.

The freemarket argument in support:  franchise laws are a “well-intended regulation is used by a group of people [auto dealers] to maintain an artificial monopoly”

 

Electrek | Tesla launches new multi state effort against direct sales ban 

Lege Trend. Anatomy of Direct Sales Auto Bill in the East. + Response from Auto Dealers that would make Emily Post Flinch

Connecticut Legislature is again considering H5285 (CT | 2019) to allow direct sales of automobiles by Tesla.

Connecticut is 1 of 16 states taht do not permit direct sales.

The response from autodealer association:

  • Tesla is laying off employees
  • Tesla is having problems with producing its $35,000 auto

Tesla’s message:

  • Tesla does not want any tax break
  • Tesla wants no handouts
  • Tesla wants to invest in stores and in job

Hartford Business | New governor and legislature, same Tesla bill

Lege Trend. HOV lanes and EVs

California’s  AB544 (2018 | CA) gives zero emission & low emission vehicles access to HOV lanes.

What did the bill text look like to define these vehicles?

  • A vehicle that meets the state’s super ultra-low emission vehicle (SULEV) standard for exhaust emissions and the federal inherently low-emission vehicle (ILEV) evaporative emission standard, as defined in Part 88 (commencing with Section 88.101-94) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
  • A vehicle that was produced during the 2004…

Regulatory TREND. EV policies to encourage EV use.

Arizona regulators have finalized new EV charger policies that include:

  • encourages investor-owned utilities to develop new rates
  • ecourages investor-owned utilities to develop pilot programs supporting EV growth
  •  ensures recovery of  “prudent costs” spent to develop charging stations
  • requires development of optional rate design tariffs to encourage off-peak charging
  • develop outreach and education programs focused on EVs, infrastructure and electrification of the transportation sector

What…

Lege TREND. Registration Fees. Repeal of Delegating Authority. 4 Key Points.

  • Last legislative session, Arizona Legislature gave a state agency power to increase vehicle registration rates.
  • The agency raised car registration rates by $32
    • The agency first thought the fee would be $19 during the legislative session
  • The first bill of the next legilativve session, SB1001 (AZ | 2018), repeals this autority and increase
  • The Governor signed the bill and said the Legislature balanced the budget without raising taxes.
    • The fee is not considered a tax by the Governor
    • Consti…