An Act To Ensure Equity in the Funding of Maine's Transportation Infrastructure by Imposing an Annual Fee on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1806
Committee Amendment CA_A_H644 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1252, L.D. 1806, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure Equity in the Funding of Maine's Transportation Infrastructure by Imposing an 
Annual Fee on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles" 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 1-A in the 2nd line (page 1, line 13 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "$150" and inserting the following: '$50' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 1-B in the 3rd line (page 1, line 17 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "$250" and inserting the following: '$125' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077 
Initiative: Provides a one-time allocation for computer programming costs to implement 
surcharges on hybrid and battery-electric motor vehicles. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$54,790 
$54,790 
Sec. 5. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2019.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report, decreases the proposed surcharge on 
the annual registration of a hybrid motor vehicle from $150 to $50 and of a battery-
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electric motor vehicle from $250 to $125. The amendment also adds an effective date of 
July 1, 2019. This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/26/18 ;:t,?ac:. 
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LD 1806 
LR 2634(02) 
An Act To Ensure Equity in the Funding of Maine's Transportation Infrastructure by Imposing an 
Annual Fee on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' 
Committee: Transportation 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Revenue 
Highway Fund 
State Mandates 
lle9uired Activi!y _ 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$54,790 
$0 
$54,790 
$0 
$0 
Assess and process surcharges on hybrid and battery-electric motor vehicles. 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
($1,000,000) 
($1,000,000) 
$0 
$0 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
_ Unit Affected 
LocaLCosL 
Municipality 
Moderate 
statewide 
'I:'he required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant !o 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. It includes a one-time Highway Fund 
allocation of $54, 790 in fiscal year 2018-19 to the Department of Secretary of State for computer programming costs 
and modifications to vendor systems to implement the surcharges. Highway Fund revenues would increase by 
$1,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 based on 19,000 hybrid motor vehicles at $50 and 400 battery-electric 
motor vehicles at $125. 
LR2634(02) - Fiscal Note - Plloe 1 nf 1