Bill Text: IN HB1366 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Highway and street pilot program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-02-25 - First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy [HB1366 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1366-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-23.
Synopsis: Highway and street pilot program. Authorizes the
department of transportation to develop a pilot program to explore
alternative highway and street funding methods. Provides that money
in the state highway fund may be used to pay for the pilot program.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
February 7, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
transportation.
(1) Operation of the department, including the development and implementation of a highway and street funding pilot program under IC 8-23-29.
(2) Construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, and control of the state highways that are the responsibility of the department and of tollways that are the responsibility of the department under IC 8-15-3.
Chapter 29. Alternative Highway and Street Funding Pilot Program
Sec. 1. (a) The department shall develop a pilot program to explore alternatives to the motor fuel tax for funding the highway
and street system of Indiana described in IC 8-23-4-1. A pilot
program must include a program that tests technology and
methods for:
(1) identifying motor vehicles;
(2) collecting and reporting the number of miles traveled by
a particular vehicle; and
(3) receiving payments from participants in the pilot
program;
including technology for a service station point of sale system.
(b) The pilot program developed under subsection (a) may last
not more than twenty-four (24) months. The department shall
report, not later than December 1, 2015, and in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6, its findings and the results of the pilot
program to:
(1) the governor;
(2) the legislative council; and
(3) the budget committee.
Sec. 2. The department shall evaluate the technology and
methods used in the pilot program under this chapter for the
following:
(1) Reliability.
(2) Ease of use.
(3) Public perception.
(4) Cost of implementation and administration.
(5) Potential for evasion or avoidance of accurate reporting.
(6) Privacy and protection of personal information.
Sec. 3. (a) The department may solicit volunteers to participate
in the pilot program under this chapter. A participant must agree
to:
(1) report the participant's use of the state highway and street
system as required by the department;
(2) pay any fees established under the program; and
(3) display on or in the participant's vehicle a decal or other
identifying marker required under the program.
(b) The department may compensate a participant.
Sec. 4. (a) The department shall establish and impose fees for
the pilot program developed under this chapter.
(b) A fee established under subsection (a) must be:
(1) collected from each participant in the pilot program; and
(2) based on each participant's use of the state highway and
street system.
(c) A fee established and collected under this section is instead
of any motor fuel tax otherwise imposed on and paid by a
participant under IC 6-6.
(d) The department, in conjunction with the department of state
revenue, shall establish a procedure by which a participant that
pays the motor fuel tax while participating in the pilot program
under this chapter may apply to the department of state revenue
for a refund equal to the amount of motor fuel tax actually paid by
the participant.
Sec. 5. (a) The department shall issue a decal or other
identifying marker for each motor vehicle registered under IC 9-18
to a participant in the pilot program under this chapter. The
participant shall display the decal or other identifying marker on
each motor vehicle registered under IC 9-18 to the participant
while participating in the pilot program.
(b) A participant shall return the decal or other identifying
marker to the department when the participant ceases to
participate in the pilot program.
Sec. 6. (a) The department may terminate the pilot program
under this chapter with ten (10) days notice to participants.
However, the department may terminate the participation of a
participant effective immediately upon notice to the participant.
(b) Upon the termination of the pilot program or a participant's
participation in the pilot program under this chapter, the
department shall collect any fees imposed under section 4 of this
chapter on:
(1) participants in the terminated pilot program; or
(2) the participant whose participation in the pilot program
has been terminated;
that remain outstanding on the date of termination.
Sec. 7. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
