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Clean Air and Efficient Vehicle Tax Incentives
Our Position: support
Bill Number: hb106s1
Sponsor: Rep Roz McGee (D-Salt Lake City)
Legislative Session: 2008 General Session
The substitute bill would provide a $750 tax credit for vehicles meeting higher air quality and fuel efficiency standards, except for compressed natural gas vehicles. It also eliminates a provision that prevented tax credits from going to gas/electric hybrid vehicles.
Utah law already provided up to $2,500 but no more than 50% of the cost for the conversion of a vehicle to operate on propane, compressed natural gas or electricity. The substitute bill extends that provision to provide up to $2,500 but no more than 35% of the purchase price for a new vehicle powered by compressed natural gas.
The substitute eliminates the clean special fuel tax certificate required from compressed natural gas vehicles and replaces it with an 8 1/2 cent per gallon equivalent state tax. The certificate was virtually impossible to enforce.
Status
A well-merited victory for the end of Rep Roz McGee's legislative career. First Substitute HB 106 passed the senate on March 4th on its 3rd reading by a vote of 23-2-4. The house concurred with the senate substitute on the same day. Please consider sending Governor Huntsman a message to support this bill. Send a comment on his website.
The house passed this bill on a 58-14-3 vote on February 5th. The bill now moves on to the senate. During its hearing before the Senate Revenue & Taxation Committee on 2/18, the committee voted to substitute HB106S1 for the original bill and to report it favorably to the full senate on a 6-0-2 vote.
Rep McGee's bill passed the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on a 10-2-2 vote on Mon, Jan 28th.
Members of the committee are listed below. If your representative is on this list, please call to thank him/her for support of this bill. Only Representatives Last and Newbold voted against the bill.
Rep. John Dougall, Chair
Rep. Craig A. Frank, Vice Chair
Rep. Roger E. Barrus
Rep. Tim M. Cosgrove
Rep. Wayne A. Harper
Rep. Gregory H. Hughes
Rep. Christine A. Johnson
Rep. Bradley G. Last
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Rep. Rosalind J. McGee
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
Rep. Merlynn T. Newbold
Rep. Gordon E. Snow
Rep. Aaron Tilton
Rep. Carl Wimmer
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Action Needed
Some of the arguments in favor of this bill include
- HB 106 would help diminish ozone and soot emissions, and
- The bill would also reduce carbon emissions that cause global warming, and
- Smaller vehicles help reduce traffic congestion.
More information
Read the amended text of the substitute bill on the legislature's website.
Contact
Find your representative or senator on the legislature's district maps.
Background
Similar legislation passed the house last year on a 68-0-7 vote but never made it out of the Senate Rules Committee. This bill would take a big step towards reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants. The cost of this measure is an important investment in reducing polluted inversions and restoring climate stability.
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