HB1161 Summary

• Authorizes counties to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles beginning July 1, 2028, with rates set by county ordinance comparable to county fuel tax.

• Expands the state mileage-based road usage charge (0.8 cents per mile) to include plug-in hybrid electric vehicles beginning July 1, 2026, and establishes a default charge of $80 after June 30, 2028 when odometer readings are unavailable.

• Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the state highway fund and clarifies that state mileage-based road usage charge revenues go to the state highway fund.

• Expands allowable uses of state highway and county highway funds to include infrastructure related to traffic control, safety, bikeways, walkways, and measures to reduce vehicle miles traveled.

• Appropriates unspecified amounts from the state highway fund for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to implement the mileage-based road usage charge program, with federal funds of $802,400 and $1,542,480 respectively.