SB  26-FEE/TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
9:02:48 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  announced the  first order of  business would                                                               
be SB 26.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI  noted the committee had  previously adopted a                                                               
CS, making version  X the working document. He  explained the new                                                               
fiscal note  has now arrived,  and shows a  cost to the  state of                                                               
$2,000 for FY12 and an  indeterminate change in revenues, because                                                               
it  is impossible  to project  the number  of vehicles  that will                                                               
qualify.  The Department  of Motor  Vehicles  (DMV) projects  the                                                               
initial revenue loss  to be small, but acknowledges  it will grow                                                               
as alternative fueled vehicles gain  in popularity. He also noted                                                               
the special  fee for hybrids  will sunset after three  years, and                                                               
the special  fee for vehicles  fueled exclusively  by alternative                                                               
fuels  will sunset  after  seven years,  so  the revenue  impacts                                                               
appear to be insignificant.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
GENEVIIVE  WOJTUSIK, staff  to Senator  McGuire, said  the fiscal                                                               
note  has  not changed,  because  it  is indeterminate  how  many                                                               
vehicles will  be affected, but she  said the DMV has  no problem                                                               
with the bill going forward.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR Paskvan  moved to report  CS for  SB 26, version  X, from                                                               
committee  with   individual  recommendations   and  accompanying                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  WIELECHOWSKI  announced   that  without  objections,  CSSB                                                               
26(STA) passed from the Senate State Affairs standing committee.