MA S2404

Creates a vehicle mileage user fee task force chaired by the Secretary of Transportation with 8 members including experts in civil engineering, transportation data security, transportation finance, and representatives from privacy rights, business, regional planning, and consumer organizations

Requires the Department of Transportation to develop statewide pilot programs testing mileage-based road user fees as an alternative to motor vehicle fuel taxes, with at least 1,000 volunteer participants using on-board mileage-counting equipment

Pilot programs must run at least one year and evaluate technology for counting/reporting miles traveled, collecting payments, protecting data integrity, ensuring driver privacy, and varying pricing based on factors like time of day, road type, and driver income

Task force must hold at least 6 public hearings (one in each highway district) and participants will be refunded fuel taxes or compensated to ensure no additional cost from participation

Department of Transportation must report to the legislature within 3 years on pilot results, feasibility of permanent mileage fees, economic and environmental impacts, and recommendations with draft legislation