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  |  | 128th MAINE LEGISLATURE | 
 
  |  |  | LD 1806 |  | LR 2634(01) |  |  | 
 
  |  | An Act To Ensure
  Equity in the Funding of Maine's Transportation Infrastructure by Imposing an
  Annual Fee on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles | 
 
  |  | Preliminary Fiscal
  Impact Statement for Original Bill | 
 
  |  | Sponsor: Rep. Parry of Arundel | 
 
  |  | Committee: Transportation | 
 
  |  | Fiscal Note Required: Yes | 
 
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  | Preliminary
  Fiscal Impact Statement | 
 
  | Potential State Mandate - Unfunded | 
 
  |  |  |  | FY 2017-18 | FY 2018-19 | Projections  FY 2019-20 | Projections  FY 2020-21 | 
 
  | Net Cost
  (Savings) |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  |  | Highway Fund |  | $0 | $54,790 | ($2,950,000) | ($2,950,000) | 
 
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  | Appropriations/Allocations |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  |  | Highway Fund |  | $0 | $54,790 | $0 | $0 | 
 
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  | Revenue |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  |  | Highway Fund |  | $0 | $0 | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 | 
 
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  | State Mandates |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  |  | Required Activity | Unit Affected | Local Cost | 
 
  |  | Assess and process
  surcharges on hybrid and battery-electric motor vehicles. | Municipality | Moderate statewide | 
 
  |  | The required local
  activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the
  Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to
  expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures
  from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine
  require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least
  90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a
  Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each
  House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill
  does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the
  local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated
  activities. | 
 
  | Fiscal Detail
  and Notes |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
  |  | This bill
  establishes surcharges on hybrid and battery-electric motor vehicles. The
  Department of Secretary of State would require a one-time Highway Fund
  allocation of $54,790 in fiscal year 2018-19 for computer programming costs
  and modifications to vendor systems to implement the surcharges. These
  changes are expected to take one year or more to complete, therefore revenue
  will not be recognized until fiscal year 2019-20. Highway Fund revenues would
  increase by $2,950,000 beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 based on 19,000
  hybrid motor vehicles at $150 and 400 battery-electric motor vehicles at
  $250. | 
 
 
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