HB 572 -- MOTOR FUEL TAX

SPONSOR: Hurlbert

Currently, the Department of Transportation must provide a report each year to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. This bill requires the Department to include a summary of it's internal and external expenditures in the report.

For each fiscal year that the Department's internal expenditures, as defined in the bill, exceed 18% of its total expenditures, the bill requires that the Motor Fuel Tax be reduced by $.01 per gallon the following fiscal year, but the tax may not be reduced more than $.05 per gallon below the rate as of August 28, 2025.

In any fiscal year following a rate reduction, if the Department's internal expenditures are less than 18% of its total expenditures, Motor Fuel Tax will be increased by $.01 per gallon or up to the rate as of August 28,2025, whichever is less, in the following fiscal year.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (1471H.01): 21.795, 142.805
Committee (1471H.02): 21.795, 142.805
Perfected (1471H.02): 21.795, 68.080, 71.025, 142.805, 168.133, 226.006, 226.096, 226.510, 226.540, 226.550, 226.1170, 227.101, 227.850, 227.855, 229.130, 229.160, 229.210, 229.220, 229.222, 229.270, 229.420, 229.430, 229.440, 229.450, 238.060, 300.295, 301.010, 301.055, 301.070, 301.110, 301.130, 301.140, 301.142, 301.147, 301.448, 301.469, 301.558, 301.560, 301.570, 301.3181, 301.3182, 302.177, 302.272, 302.735, 304.035, 304.162, 307.010, 307.350, 565.260, 643.315
Committee (1471S.03): 21.795, 68.080, 71.025, 142.805, 168.133, 226.006, 226.540, 226.550, 226.1170, 227.101, 227.850, 227.855, 229.130, 229.160, 229.210, 229.220, 229.222, 229.270, 229.420, 229.430, 229.440, 229.450, 238.060, 300.295, 301.010, 301.055, 301.070, 301.110, 301.130, 301.140, 301.142, 301.147, 301.448, 301.469, 301.558, 301.560, 301.570, 301.3181, 301.3182, 302.177, 302.272, 302.735, 304.035, 307.010, 307.350, 565.260, 643.315