Category Archives: taxes

4 Local Government Funding Issues. 1 Ride Share Tax. 2 Arguments to Support the Cause.

San Francisco City Council members want to tax ride share to fund:

  • police services
  • street resurfacing
  • traffic calming
  • pedestrian safety

Supporters say:

  • California is behind the times, localities like Chicago, Portland & Philadelphia tax ride share
  • State lawmakers should let cities regulate the entities that impact them

CBS SanFrancisco | San Francisco Supervisor Wants Tax On Uber And Lyft

By the Numbers. Republican EV fee in the Northeast.

Maine’s Republican Governor LePage is proposing  HP 1252 with the following fees on electric and hybrid cars:

  • $150 for gas-electric hybrid cars
  • $250 for all-electric models

How do the proposed Maine fees compare to the other 18 states that put a fee on EVs?

  • Maine’s fees would be the highest in the nation
  • Other state fees range from $30 to $100 for hybrids and $50 to $200 for EVs

Government Technology | Maine’s Governor Backs Bill to Boost EV, Hybrid Fees

Press Herald | LePage-backed bill…

1 Federal Rail Administration High Speed Rail Public Meeting. 12 Objections.

The Federal Rail Administration public meeting in Madison, County TX resulted in the following lists of objections:

  • The route uproots 2 cemetaries
  • The construction phase will require a 2 mile per side buffer zone 
  • unfounded economics
  • route opposition
  • opposition to land acquisition by s privste company using eminent domain
  • the large cost to be borne by taxpayers- eventually
  • the project does not serve the public
  • electromagnetic emissions
  • noise pollution
  • reduced land values
  • environmental…

Lege TREND. Gas Tax for School Transportation. 3 Key Points. Read the Bill.

The State: Kentucky

The gas tax proposal, House Bill 211:

  • 3 cents
  • rebranded from “gas tax” increase to “school transportation funding fee”
  • the new funds will be specifically dedicated to school transportation

The revenue estimates from a 3 cent school transporation fee in Kentucky:

  • $90 million in new revenue
  • $30 million to be used for bonds for new buses
  • the remaining $60 million will go to the state’s share of school transportation funding

News-Enterprise | Lexington official proposes…

Lege Trend. Pay as you Drive. How do you tax Ride Share. This State has an idea:

Who will be responsible for pay as you drive taxes in Minnesota for ride sharing? Ride share companies

What is the reason for taxing the companies? More people will not own vehicles as ride share becomes more popular as do EV, and autonomous vehicles

Governing | With Gas Taxes in Peril, More States Study Alternatives

Gas Tax Trend. 3 Points Supporting Show Me State Gas Tax Increase. Read the Bill.

Legislative Gusto:  Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee & vice-chair of the 21st Century Missouri Transportation System Task Force filed SB 734  to raise the gas tax

Support for the gas tax increase:  

  • Likely to come from a recommendation of the 21st Century Missouri Transportation System Task Force, 23-member task force of state officials and private citizens.
  • the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association calls it the most equitable funding approach
  • Mayors in 27 cities…

Is this the new transportation funding anthem? Your Alternative Fuel Car is Costing Us Money for Roads.

A Utah task force recommended transportation funding solutions that include a tax for alternative fuel cars.

State Representative Schultz (R-Hooper). said “”I think it’s important that those that drive on the roads pay for it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s fair that alternative-fuel vehicles get away scot-free without paying their fair share.”

Fox 13 Now | Your alternative fuel car is costing Utah money for roads

Legal & Lege Trend. EV Fee Unconstitutional? 2 Points= you're informed.

  • Oklahoma Legislature passed Motor Fuels Tax Fee (HB 1449) to tax/impose a fee on EV ($100) and hybrid cars ($30)
  • The OK Supreme Court declared HB 1449 unconstitutional because:
    • HB 1449 was a revenue bill passed in the last five days of session
    • As such, HB 1449 needed three-fourths of the legislature’s support.

Oklahoma House Bill 1449 (2017 Regular Session)

News On 6 | Another OK Legislature ‘Fee’ Deemed Unconstitutional