AR HB1716

Creates the Arkansas Road-User Tax Pilot Program under Chapter 77 of Arkansas Code Title 27, allowing the State Highway Commission to develop and test a mileage-based road-user tax system.

Establishes a road-user tax rate of 1.5 cents per mile for participating vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less (excludes motorcycles and motor-driven cycles).

Limits pilot program participation to 5,000 total vehicles, with subcaps of 1,500 vehicles rated below 17 miles per gallon and 1,500 vehicles rated 17-22 miles per gallon.

Requires the department to establish at least two methods for recording and reporting miles traveled, with at least one method that does not use vehicle location technology, and mandates open-system technology standards.

Provides strict privacy protections including exemption from public records requests, mandatory destruction of location data within 30 days after processing, and restrictions on disclosure of personally identifiable information except to authorized recipients; program terminates June 30, 2020.