MA S1940

Bill

MA S1940

To explore alternative funding sources to ensure safe and reliable transportation

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation explore alternative funding sources to ensure safe and reliable transportation. Transportation.

AI Summary

This bill aims to explore alternative funding sources to ensure safe and reliable transportation in Massachusetts. It establishes a vehicle mileage user fee task force to guide the development and evaluation of a pilot program to assess the potential for mileage-based revenue collection as an alternative to the current system of taxing highway use through motor vehicle fuel taxes. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to develop and implement one or more statewide pilot programs to assess owners of motor vehicles a user fee based on the number of miles traveled on roads in the state. The pilot programs will test the reliability, ease of use, cost, and public acceptance of various technologies and methods for counting, reporting, and collecting mileage-based fees, while also analyzing their ability to protect data integrity, ensure driver privacy, and vary pricing based on different factors. The Department of Transportation is required to report the initial results of the pilot study to the state legislature within three years.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (14)

Mike Barrett (D), Thomas Calter (D), Mike Connolly (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Paul Heroux (D), Mary Keefe (D), Jason Lewis (D), Thomas McGee (D), Denise Provost (D), Danny Ryan (D), Tom Stanley (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2483 (on 04/26/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1940

(14 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1940
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1940.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1457	Further regulating employee benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H4654	Similar To
H1640	Relative to regional transportation ballot initiatives	Accompanied S1551	Similar To
H1828	To explore alternative funding sources to ensure safe and reliable transportation	Accompanied a study order, see H4502	Similar To
H257	Relative to transportation of regional vocational schools	Accompanied a new draft, see H4392	Similar To
H3819	Requiring certain electronic toll collection fee notifications by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation	No further action taken	Similar To
S1741	To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections	Accompanied a study order, see H4481	Similar To
S1776	Relative to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and surplus personal property	Accompanied a study order, see H4481	Similar To
S1948	Relative to motorcycle parking	Accompanied a study order, see S2483	Similar To
S1967	Designating certain portions of state highway as the Officer Ronald Tarentino, Jr. memorial highway	New draft substituted, see S2193	Similar To
S1994	Relative to fix it first plan	Accompanied a study order, see S2277	Similar To
S2358	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Transportation to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to transportation matters	Reported (in part) by S2006	Similar To
S2410	Honoring and recognizing the heroism of Rosa Parks	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 423 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
S2483	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Transportation to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to transportation matters	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S260	Relative to vocational education transportation for nonresident students	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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