HR0766 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, A proposed new tax on miles traveled on public, non-tolled Illinois roads using GPS tracking technology has been proposed in the Illinois General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, Road-use charges (RUCs), also known as mileage-based user fees (MBUFs) or vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fees, would impose a new financial burden, raise privacy concerns for Illinois residents, and make our state even less competitive; and

WHEREAS, Such proposals would offer Illinois drivers a variety of bad options; and

WHEREAS, One plan, which would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per mile driven, would report miles traveled on public, non-tolled Illinois roads; it would use GPS tracking technology in a smartphone app or a tracking device similar to the I-Pass (or EZ-Pass) and would monitor the location of each driver to calculate how many miles were driven in Illinois each month; and

WHEREAS, Another plan would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per mile driven, based on monthly odometer readings instead of GPS tracking technology; and

WHEREAS, An additional plan would be a flat rate plan of an annual fee of $450; and

WHEREAS, Each of these plans would impose undue hardship and disproportionately impact rural Illinoisans who must drive longer distances for work and school; and

WHEREAS, A GPS monitoring plan would create privacy concerns for all Illinoisans and expose personal and confidential information to the possibility of a data breach; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we fully support our hardworking citizens and oppose all efforts, on the State or local level, to impose a new tax on miles traveled; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we state our firm opposition to any new tax on miles traveled.