03/09/2022 01:30 PM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 104                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to vehicle registration and                                                                               
     registration fees; relating to the motor fuel tax; and                                                                     
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Merrick indicated the committee last herd HB 104.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair   Foster   MOVED   to  ADOPT   proposed   committee                                                                    
substitute for  HB 104(FIN), Work  Draft 32-LS0444\I(Nauman,                                                                    
3/4/22).                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick OBJECTED for discussion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:03:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SORCHA  HAZELTON,   STAFF,  REPRESENTATIVE   KELLY  MERRICK,                                                                    
relayed that HB 104 primarily  did three things: doubled the                                                                    
motor fuel  tax, altered  electric vehicle  registration and                                                                    
fees, and increased the surcharge  paid to the Department of                                                                    
Environmental  Conservation   (DEC)  Spill   Prevention  and                                                                    
Response  Division.  The  committee substitute  removed  the                                                                    
first two components and left only  sections 5 and 11 of the                                                                    
original bill.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Merrick WITHDREW the OBJECTION.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster  MOVED to  report  CSHB  104 (FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal note.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 104(FIN) was  REPORTED out of committee  with three "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendations   and  with  5   "no  recommendation"                                                                    
recommendations and  with one  new zero  fiscal note  by the                                                                    
Department  of  Environmental  Conservation,  one  new  zero                                                                    
fiscal note  by the Department of  Transportation and Public                                                                    
Facilities, one new fiscal impact  note by the Department of                                                                    
Administration,   one  new   fiscal  impact   note  by   the                                                                    
Department of  Revenue, and  one new  fiscal impact  note by                                                                    
the Department of Environmental Conservation/Fund Transfer.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED