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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1031
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREIBERG
MOTOR VEHICLES: Imposes a road usage fee on certain electric and hybrid vehicles
1 AN ACT
2To enact Part II-A of Chapter 3 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be
3 comprised of R.S. 32:461, relative to a yearly road usage fee on certain vehicles; to
4 levy a road usage fee on electric and hybrid motor vehicles; to provide for the
5 collection and disposition of the proceeds; to provide for certain definitions; to
6 provide for the use of road usage fee proceeds; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Part II-A of Chapter 3 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
91950, comprised of R.S. 32:461, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 PART II-A. ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES
11 ยง461. Imposition of road usage fee; electric vehicles; hybrid vehicles; collection;
12 use of proceeds
13 A.(1) There is hereby levied a road usage fee of four hundred dollars per
14 year on each electric vehicle which is operated upon the highways of this state and
15 which is required to be registered and to pay the vehicle registration license tax in
16 accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the
17 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
18 (2) There is hereby levied a road usage fee of two hundred seventy-five
19 dollars per year on each hybrid vehicle which is operated upon the highways of this
20 state and which is required to be registered and to pay a vehicle registration license
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1 tax in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the
2 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
3 B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following
4 meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
5 (1) "Electric vehicle" shall mean a vehicle which is powered by one or more
6 electric motors or energy stored in rechargeable batteries for propulsion.
7 (2) "Hybrid vehicle" shall mean a vehicle that uses gasoline, diesel fuel, or
8 special fuels in combination with an electric motor for propulsion.
9 C. The commissioner of the office of motor vehicles shall collect the fee
10 levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section every two years at the same time and
11 in the same manner as the vehicle registration license tax collected pursuant to the
12 provisions of R.S. 47:463.
13 D. The Department of Transportation and Development shall utilize one
14 hundred percent of the road usage fee levied on electric and hybrid vehicles for
15 highway and bridge preservation projects included in the Highway Priority Program
16 in accordance with the Department of Transportation and Development's definitions
17 of such projects. The total cost of a preservation project shall include the prorated
18 cost associated with third-party services required by the department to create,
19 implement, and maintain an online platform pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
20 48:229.1.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1031 Original 2022 Regular Session Freiberg
Abstract: Levies a road usage fee for electric and hybrid vehicles and dedicates the fees to
certain Highway Priority Program projects.
Proposed law levies a road usage fee of $400 per year on each electric vehicle and an annual
road usage fee of $275 per year on each hybrid vehicle operated on state highways which
are required to be registered and to pay a vehicle registration license tax in accordance with
present law. Further requires the commissioner of the office of motor vehicles to collect the
tax levied in proposed law every two years at the same time and in the same manner as the
registration license tax pursuant to present law.
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Proposed law defines "electric vehicle" as a vehicle powered by one or more electric motors
or energy stored in rechargeable batteries for propulsion and defines "hybrid vehicle" as a
vehicle that uses gasoline, diesel fuel, or special fuels in combination with an electric motor
for propulsion.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Transportation and Development to utilize the road usage
fees from electric and hybrid vehicles on highway and bridge preservation projects included
in the Highway Priority Program as outlined in present law. Further requires the total cost
of a preservation project include the prorated cost associated with third-party services
required by the department to create, implement, and maintain an online platform pursuant
to the provisions of present law.
(Adds R.S. 32:461)
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