HB4952ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee

Filed: 2/7/2006

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4952

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4952 on page 2, by replacing lines 13 and 14 with the following:

"(b) Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) and notwithstanding subsection (a), beginning with the 2007 registration year, with"; and

on page 2, lines 20, 25, and 30, by replacing "fuel economy" each time it appears with "annual fuel cost"; and

on page 3, lines 5 and 6, by replacing "fuel economy" with "annual fuel cost"; and

on page 3, immediately below line 10, by inserting the following:

"(c) If any vehicle to which subsection (b) applies is registered for the first time before January 1 of the calendar year corresponding to the vehicle's model year, the registration fee for that vehicle for that registration year shall be $78. After that first registration year, however, that vehicle's registration fee shall be determined as provided in subsection (b).

(d) If any vehicle to which subsection (b) applies is a flexible fuel vehicle, as determined by the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that vehicle's annual fuel cost rating shall be determined by its annual fuel cost when operated on gasoline, rather than by its annual fuel cost when operated on a mixture of gasoline and ethanol.

(e) If, before the applicable registration year has expired, a person acquires a vehicle to which subsection (b) applies and disposes of his or her previously registered vehicle, the person's registration shall continue until the end of the applicable registration year, and he or she shall not be entitled to a refund on his or her registration fee and shall not be required to pay any additional registration fee, regardless of whether the registration fee for the newly acquired vehicle is lower than, higher than, or the same as the registration fee for the previously registered vehicle. Beginning with the next registration year, however, the registration fee for that newly acquired vehicle shall be determined as provided in subsection (b).".