Bill Text: IL HB2864 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Creates the per-mile road usage charge pilot program. Provides that the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is approved to participate in the program shall, in lieu of the taxes imposed under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, pay a per-mile road usage charge for metered use by the subject vehicle of the highways in this State. Provides that the per-mile road usage charge is $0.021 per mile. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Tabled [HB2864 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2864-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2e as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 505/2e new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2e. Per-mile road usage charge pilot program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Beginning on January 1, 2020, a person wishing to pay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the per-mile road usage charge imposed under this Section must | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | apply to the Department of Transportation on a form prescribed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | by the Department. The Department shall approve a valid and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | complete application submitted under this Section if: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (1) the applicant is the registered owner or lessee of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | a motor vehicle; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (2) the motor vehicle is equipped with a method | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | selected pursuant to this Section for collecting and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | reporting the metered use by the motor vehicle of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | highways in the State; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of 10,000 pounds or less; and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (4) approval does not cause the number of subject | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | vehicles active in the program on the date of approval to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | exceed 5,000, of which no more than 1,500 may have a rating |
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1 | of less than 17 miles per gallon and no more than 1,500 may | ||||||
2 | have a rating of at least 17 miles per gallon and less than | ||||||
3 | 22 miles per gallon, such ratings to be determined pursuant | ||||||
4 | to a method established by the Department. | ||||||
5 | Approval of an application under this Section subjects the | ||||||
6 | applicant to the requirements of this Section until the person | ||||||
7 | ends the person's voluntary participation in the road usage | ||||||
8 | charge program by notifying the Department and paying any | ||||||
9 | outstanding amount of road usage charge for metered use by the | ||||||
10 | person's subject vehicle. | ||||||
11 | (b) The registered owner of a subject vehicle shall, in | ||||||
12 | lieu of the taxes imposed under this Law, pay a per-mile road | ||||||
13 | usage charge for metered use by the subject vehicle of the | ||||||
14 | highways in this State. The per-mile road usage charge is | ||||||
15 | $0.021 per mile. The Department of Transportation shall, by | ||||||
16 | rule, establish the methods for recording and reporting the | ||||||
17 | number of miles that subject vehicles travel on highways. When | ||||||
18 | taking action under this subsection, the Department shall | ||||||
19 | consider: | ||||||
20 | (1) the accuracy of the data collected; | ||||||
21 | (2) privacy options for persons liable for the per-mile | ||||||
22 | road usage charge; | ||||||
23 | (3) the security of the technology; | ||||||
24 | (4) the resistance of the technology to tampering; | ||||||
25 | (5) the ability to audit compliance; and | ||||||
26 | (6) other relevant factors that the Department deems |
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1 | important. | ||||||
2 | The Department shall provide the persons liable for the | ||||||
3 | per-mile road usage charge the opportunity to select a method | ||||||
4 | from among multiple options for collecting and reporting the | ||||||
5 | metered use by a subject vehicle. | ||||||
6 | (c) As used in this Section: | ||||||
7 | "Department" means the Department of Transportation. | ||||||
8 | "Subject vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is the subject | ||||||
9 | of an application approved pursuant to this Section.
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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