ElectricAvenue
Well-known member
Email from Austin EV fourm
Dear EV folks;
For those who may have missed this news, there is pending legislation
this session regarding EVs...
Here is a link to a Statesman article:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/environmental-bills-make-rounds-at-legislature/nWs6N/
Here is link to more info from the website Green Transportation
(Looks like a good website, at 1st glance anyway):
http://greentransportation.info/texas-proposals-for-electric-vehicle-taxes-and-fees
Here is a bit from that website --
"Rep. Linda Harper Brown (R-Irving) had introduced HB 1669, "Relating to
the establishment of an electric motor vehicle mileage fee pilot program
by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles." The bill would, as the title
suggests, create a pilot program for testing a mile-based tax for electric
cars, and says mileage could be measured either by a periodic manual check
(most likely during annual registration, which I think is perfectly
reasonable) or from "a device installed in the vehicle that electronically
reports the number of miles traveled." Not cool."
Peace ya'll,
Tanda Rasco
Dear EV folks;
For those who may have missed this news, there is pending legislation
this session regarding EVs...
Here is a link to a Statesman article:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/environmental-bills-make-rounds-at-legislature/nWs6N/
Here is link to more info from the website Green Transportation
(Looks like a good website, at 1st glance anyway):
http://greentransportation.info/texas-proposals-for-electric-vehicle-taxes-and-fees
Here is a bit from that website --
"Rep. Linda Harper Brown (R-Irving) had introduced HB 1669, "Relating to
the establishment of an electric motor vehicle mileage fee pilot program
by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles." The bill would, as the title
suggests, create a pilot program for testing a mile-based tax for electric
cars, and says mileage could be measured either by a periodic manual check
(most likely during annual registration, which I think is perfectly
reasonable) or from "a device installed in the vehicle that electronically
reports the number of miles traveled." Not cool."
Peace ya'll,
Tanda Rasco