19.0516.01000
Sixty-sixth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2061
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Kreun, Schaible, Wardner
Representatives Owens, Steiner, Delzer
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to a road use fee for electric and hybrid vehicles.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 39-04 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
5 and enacted as follows:
6 Electric and hybrid vehicle road use fee - Definitions.
7 1. In addition to all other fees required under this chapter for registration of a motor
8 vehicle, the department shall collect at the beginning of each annual registration
9 period:
10 a. An electric vehicle road use fee of two hundred forty-eight dollars for each
11 electric vehicle registered.
12 b. A hybrid vehicle road use fee of seventy-one dollars for each hybrid vehicle
13 registered.
14 2. As used in this section:
15 a. "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle propelled by an electric motor powered by a
16 battery or other electric device incorporated into the vehicle and not propelled by
17 an engine powered by the combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel, including gasoline,
18 diesel, propane, or liquid natural gas.
19 b. "Hybrid vehicle" means a vehicle drawing propulsion energy from both an internal
20 combustion engine and an energy storage device and employing a regenerative
21 braking system to recover waste energy to charge the energy storage device
22 providing propulsion energy.
23 3. The department shall deposit any moneys collected under this section into the
24 highway tax distribution fund.
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