Bill > H3645

This bill increases the user fee, or tax, on gasoline and diesel fuel from sixteen cents to twenty-one cents per gallon, with provisions for annual adjustments based on inflation, though the increase is capped at one and a half cents per year, and any amount collected above sixteen cents per gallon will be credited to the State Highway Fund. Additionally, the bill introduces a new annual road fee for owners of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric motor vehicles, which will be calculated by multiplying the current fuel user fee by a fraction representing the national average miles driven divided by the vehicle's average miles per gallon, and this fee must be paid at the time of vehicle registration and licensing, with revenue also going to the State Highway Fund.