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Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirements (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024)

Sponsor: Justin Ready (District 5)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - TransportationStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBlum, DannaCarroll County Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FAVGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
FAVReady, JustinMaryland State SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDOrazio, PeterYearPosition only
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVFink, NeldaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVRaine, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Ready, Senator ReadylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
FAVVernon, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FAVsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only
UNFTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
UNFSakata, MichaelMTBMAWritten (PDF)
UNFSmith, TimMaryland Asphalt AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFSchumitz, KalilobbyistMaryland Center on Economic PolicyWritten (PDF)
UNFWestervelt, PatriciaMaryland Department of TransportationWritten (PDF)
UNFArndt, DaveIndividualPosition only
UNFBreiner, JoyceIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWilson, ScottIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
UNFSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy