HB560 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mac McCutcheon

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Gas and diesel fuel, additional taxes provided for, adjustment based on average of border states, additional taxes by counties prohibited except by referendum, additional fees for alternative fuel vehicles, const. amend.

Description

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to provide for additional gasoline and diesel fuel excise taxes to bring the excise taxes in line with the average gasoline taxes and fees levied in the four states bordering Alabama. The revenue from the additional taxes would be paid into the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund established in SB180, 2016 Regular Session, and would be expended only as authorized in that act.

This bill would prohibit the passage of a local law levying an excise tax on gasoline or diesel fuel by a county, except under certain conditions.

This bill would also provide additional fees for private passenger alternative fuel vehicles and commercial alternative fuel vehicles and would require that the fees be paid into the Alabama Transportation Safety Fund and expended only for specific purposes.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments