Bill Text: IL HR0766 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Opposes any state taxes based on the number of miles driven.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 37-2)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0766 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0766-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, A proposed new tax on miles traveled on public, | ||||||
| 3 | non-tolled Illinois roads using GPS tracking
technology has | ||||||
| 4 | been proposed in the Illinois General Assembly; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Road-use charges (RUCs), also known as | ||||||
| 6 | mileage-based user fees (MBUFs) or vehicle miles
traveled (VMT) | ||||||
| 7 | fees, would impose a new financial burden, raise privacy | ||||||
| 8 | concerns for Illinois
residents, and make our state even less | ||||||
| 9 | competitive; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Such proposals would offer Illinois drivers a | ||||||
| 11 | variety of bad options; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, One plan, which would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per | ||||||
| 13 | mile driven, would report miles traveled on
public, non-tolled | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois roads; it would use GPS tracking technology in a
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| 15 | smartphone app or a tracking device similar to the I-Pass (or | ||||||
| 16 | EZ-Pass) and would monitor the location of
each driver to | ||||||
| 17 | calculate how many miles were driven in Illinois each month; | ||||||
| 18 | and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Another plan would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per mile | ||||||
| 20 | driven, based on monthly odometer
readings instead of GPS | ||||||
| 21 | tracking technology; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, An additional plan would be a flat rate plan of an | ||||||
| 2 | annual fee of $450; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Each of these plans would impose undue hardship | ||||||
| 4 | and disproportionately impact rural
Illinoisans who must drive | ||||||
| 5 | longer distances for work and school; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, A GPS monitoring plan would create privacy | ||||||
| 7 | concerns for all Illinoisans and expose personal
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| 8 | confidential information to the possibility of a data breach; | ||||||
| 9 | therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 12 | fully support our hardworking citizens and oppose all efforts, | ||||||
| 13 | on the State or local level, to impose a new tax on miles | ||||||
| 14 | traveled; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we state our firm opposition to any new tax | ||||||
| 16 | on miles traveled.
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