PRINTER'S NO. 1002
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
813
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, JULY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JULY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing
for definitions and providing for electric vehicle and hybrid
electric vehicle road use fee; making an appropriation; and
making editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 90 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter heading
immediately preceding section 9001 to read:
SUBCHAPTER A
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 2. The definition of "average wholesale price" in
section 9002 of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 9002. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Average wholesale price." The average wholesale price of
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all taxable liquid fuels and fuels, excluding the Federal excise
tax and all liquid fuels taxes, shall be as follows:
(1) After December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2015,
the average wholesale price shall be $1.87 per gallon.
(2) After December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2017,
the average wholesale price shall be $2.49 per gallon.
(3) After December 31, 2016, and before October 1, 2021,
the average wholesale price shall be as determined by the
Department of Revenue for the 12-month period ending on the
September 30 immediately prior to January 1 of the year for
which the rate is to be set. In no case shall the average
wholesale price be less than $2.99 per gallon.
(4) After September 30, 2021, and before April 1, 2022,
the average wholesale price shall be $2.84 per gallon.
(5) After March 31, 2022, the average wholesale price
shall be as determined by the Department of Revenue for the
12-month period ending on the September 30 immediately prior
to January 1 of the year for which the rate is to be set. In
no case shall the average wholesale price be less than $2.99
per gallon.
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Section 3. Chapter 90 of Title 75 is amended by adding
subchapters to read:
SUBCHAPTER B
(Reserved)
SUBCHAPTER C
ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND HYBRID ELECTRIC
VEHICLE ROAD USE FEE
Sec.
9031. Short title of subchapter.
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9032. Road use fee imposed on electric vehicles and hybrid
electric vehicles.
9033. Fees for highway maintenance and construction.
9034. Appropriation.
9035. Expiration.
§ 9031. Short title of subchapter.
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the
Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Road Use Fee Act.
§ 9032. Road use fee imposed on electric vehicles and hybrid
electric vehicles.
(a) Fee required for registration.--Concurrent with
submitting an annual or biennial vehicle registration
application and fee to the Department of Transportation under
section 1301 (relating to registration and certificate of title
required), an owner of an electric vehicle or hybrid electric
vehicle shall submit the electric vehicle and hybrid electric
vehicle road use fee. The following shall apply:
(1) Registration may not be considered complete without
payment in full of the electric vehicle and hybrid electric
vehicle road use fee.
(2) The electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
road use fee shall be a one-time fee. The fee shall be paid
upon the first registration following the effective date of
this subchapter for each electric vehicle or hybrid electric
vehicle registered in this Commonwealth.
(b) Computation of electric vehicle and hybrid electric
vehicle road use fee.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) or
(3), the electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle road
use fee for an electric vehicle shall be $250.
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(2) The electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
road use fee for an electric motorcycle and neighborhood
electric vehicle shall be $50.
(3) The electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
road use fee for an electric vehicle with a gross vehicle
weight rating of 26,001 pounds o r more shall be $300.
(4) The electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
road use fee for a hybrid electric vehicle shall be $175.
§ 9033. Fees for highway maintenance and construction.
Fees collected under this subchapter shall be deposited into
the Motor License Fund in accordance with the allocations under
section 9511 (relating to allocation of proceeds). For purposes
of aligning the electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
road use fee with the allocations of proceeds, the electric
vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle road use fee must be
allocated in accordance with the oil company franchise tax for
highway maintenance and construction under section 9502
(relating to imposition of tax).
§ 9034. Appropriation.
The sum of $240,000,000 is appropriated from money received
by the Commonwealth from the Federal Government under Title IX,
Subtitle M of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law
117-2, 135 Stat. 4) for deposit into the Motor License Fund in
accordance with the allocations under section 9511 (relating to
allocation of proceeds). This sum must be allocated in
accordance with the oil company franchise tax for highway
maintenance and construction under section 9502 (relating to
imposition of tax).
§ 9035. Expiration.
This subchapter shall expire one year after the effective
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date of this subchapter.
Section 4. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 90 Subch. A heading
and Subchs. B and C shall take effect in 60 days.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
immediately.
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