Bill introduced to raise gas tax & registration fees ; creation of a road use tax
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Bill introduced to raise gas tax & registration fees ; creation of a road use tax
Got this letter from SEMA-SAN earlier this week
Illinois Introduces Bill to Raise Gas Taxes/Create a Road User Tax and Raise Registration Fees
DON’T DELAY! Please request opposition for S.B. 3279 immediately from All Members Illinois Senate Executive Committee (Full List Below) by emailing now:
S.B. 3279 would establish a distance based road-user fee which would tax vehicles at a rate of 1.5 cents per mile traveled. Distance traveled would be calculated monthly, through a GPS tracking system, an odometer reading, or an annual flat rate of 450 dollars.
S.B. 3279 would, beginning on January 1, 2017, raise the tax on motor fuel from the current 19 cents per gallon to 49 cents per gallon, which would be rebated to Illinois residents.
S.B. 3279 would increase motor vehicle registration fees, including for antique vehicles and expanded-use antique vehicles.
In addition to creating privacy concerns, the bill seeks to penalize national efforts to create a more fuel efficient vehicle fleet by taxing drivers based on vehicle mileage. As gas tax revenues decrease due to hybrid and electric vehicle ownership, states are looking for new sources of funding for pet projects.
Overview: Legislation (S.B. 3279) to create a program that would require each owner or lessee of an Illinois-registered motor vehicle to pay a road user fee has been introduced. To determine individual tax rates, Illinois residence would be required to select one of three distance-based road user programs. The bill would also increase the gas tax and certain vehicle registration fees.
Link to the SEMA-SAN site where this info is posted:
http://semasan.com/page.asp?content=...paign=LegAlert
Illinois Senate Executive Committee
Senator Don Harmon
dharmon@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Ira I. Silverstein
isilverstein@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr.
jclayborne@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator John J. Cullerton
jcullerton@senatedem.illinois.gov
Senator Mattie Hunter
hunter@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Kimberly A. Lightford
slightfordsoffice@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Terry Link
TLink@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Antonio Muñoz
amunoz@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Kwame Raoul
senatorraoul@sbcglobal.net
Senator Heather A. Steans
hsteans@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Donne E. Trotter
dtrotter@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Matt Murphy
SenatorMattMurphy@gmail.com
Senator William E. Brady
billbrady@senatorbillbrady.com
Senator David S. Luechtefeld
sendavel@midwest.net
Senator Christine Radogno
christine@senatorradogno.com
Senator Sue Rezin
senatorrezin@gmail.com
Senator Dave Syverson
info@senatordavesyverson.com
Illinois Introduces Bill to Raise Gas Taxes/Create a Road User Tax and Raise Registration Fees
DON’T DELAY! Please request opposition for S.B. 3279 immediately from All Members Illinois Senate Executive Committee (Full List Below) by emailing now:
S.B. 3279 would establish a distance based road-user fee which would tax vehicles at a rate of 1.5 cents per mile traveled. Distance traveled would be calculated monthly, through a GPS tracking system, an odometer reading, or an annual flat rate of 450 dollars.
S.B. 3279 would, beginning on January 1, 2017, raise the tax on motor fuel from the current 19 cents per gallon to 49 cents per gallon, which would be rebated to Illinois residents.
S.B. 3279 would increase motor vehicle registration fees, including for antique vehicles and expanded-use antique vehicles.
In addition to creating privacy concerns, the bill seeks to penalize national efforts to create a more fuel efficient vehicle fleet by taxing drivers based on vehicle mileage. As gas tax revenues decrease due to hybrid and electric vehicle ownership, states are looking for new sources of funding for pet projects.
Overview: Legislation (S.B. 3279) to create a program that would require each owner or lessee of an Illinois-registered motor vehicle to pay a road user fee has been introduced. To determine individual tax rates, Illinois residence would be required to select one of three distance-based road user programs. The bill would also increase the gas tax and certain vehicle registration fees.
Link to the SEMA-SAN site where this info is posted:
http://semasan.com/page.asp?content=...paign=LegAlert
Illinois Senate Executive Committee
Senator Don Harmon
dharmon@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Ira I. Silverstein
isilverstein@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr.
jclayborne@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator John J. Cullerton
jcullerton@senatedem.illinois.gov
Senator Mattie Hunter
hunter@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Kimberly A. Lightford
slightfordsoffice@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Terry Link
TLink@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Antonio Muñoz
amunoz@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Kwame Raoul
senatorraoul@sbcglobal.net
Senator Heather A. Steans
hsteans@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Donne E. Trotter
dtrotter@senatedem.ilga.gov
Senator Matt Murphy
SenatorMattMurphy@gmail.com
Senator William E. Brady
billbrady@senatorbillbrady.com
Senator David S. Luechtefeld
sendavel@midwest.net
Senator Christine Radogno
christine@senatorradogno.com
Senator Sue Rezin
senatorrezin@gmail.com
Senator Dave Syverson
info@senatordavesyverson.com
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Here's the bill on the Illinois General Assembly site, where it can be followed
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Bill...88&LegID=96631
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Bill...88&LegID=96631
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Super Moderator
Couple details left out of the summary points:
This takes effect in 2025, and amounts to an extra $180/year for vehicles driven 12k miles, $300 for vehicles driven 20k miles. The $450 figure is a flat rate based on 30k miles, and is $750 (50k miles) for larger commercial vehicles.
The fuel tax isn't rebated to Illinois residents. You WILL pay 258% of the current tax rate beginning on January 1, 2017, and you will not get that money back. The "rebate" being referred to here is a credit on the per-mile tax that goes into effect in 2025. The 1.5 cents per mile will be reduced by an estimate of the fuel tax paid, based on the EPA-estimated fuel economy of your vehicle. Of course, this is all in addition to the 32 cent per gallon (36 cents for diesel) "motor fuel use" tax and the one cent "environmental and underground storage" taxes. Oh, and the 3 cents per gallon the station has to pay for the privilege of being in business. Plus federal taxes of 18.4 cents for gasoline and 24.4 cents for diesel. Plus the county and/or city taxes--6 cents/gallon in Cook County, for example, plus another 5 cents/gallon from Chicago.
Grand total, you're looking at $1.14/gallon for gas, $1.23/gallon for diesel, if you're buying at a station in the City. Slightly less in other places. I paid $2.09 this morning for diesel, in cook county, but not in the city. This means that under the new tax structure, I'll pay $2.39/gallon if the actual cost of the fuel remains the same. MORE THAN HALF of the total cost will be the tax.
It's a clever system, really. The more efficient your vehicle is, the more of the per-mile tax you pay. The less efficient, the more fuel tax you pay. They get you no matter what. And of course there's the 50% hike in registration fees, nicely following up the 24% hike in 2010. ALL of these taxes will be indexed for inflation--the road use tax based upon a construction cost index, and the other two based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). So they'll go up every year (every 5 years for the per-mile tax), forever. That, of course, doesn't preclude them from being arbitrarily raised whenever the state feels like it needs some more money.
Grand total, you're looking at $1.14/gallon for gas, $1.23/gallon for diesel, if you're buying at a station in the City. Slightly less in other places. I paid $2.09 this morning for diesel, in cook county, but not in the city. This means that under the new tax structure, I'll pay $2.39/gallon if the actual cost of the fuel remains the same. MORE THAN HALF of the total cost will be the tax.
It's a clever system, really. The more efficient your vehicle is, the more of the per-mile tax you pay. The less efficient, the more fuel tax you pay. They get you no matter what. And of course there's the 50% hike in registration fees, nicely following up the 24% hike in 2010. ALL of these taxes will be indexed for inflation--the road use tax based upon a construction cost index, and the other two based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). So they'll go up every year (every 5 years for the per-mile tax), forever. That, of course, doesn't preclude them from being arbitrarily raised whenever the state feels like it needs some more money.
Last edited by geko29; 03-23-16 at 05:45 AM.
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