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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
vehicle mileage; tracking; tax; prohibitions
Purpose
Establishes prohibitions on recording a person's vehicle miles of travel, imposing a fee, charge or tax based on vehicle miles traveled and considering or establishing any vehicle miles of travel reduction goals or targets, as prescribed.
Background
Vehicle miles traveled is the number of miles traveled by a motor vehicle for commute trips. A mile traveled by a reduced emission vehicle must be counted as less than a full vehicle mile traveled for travel reduction plan purposes. A travel reduction plan is a written report outlining travel reduction measures (A.R.S. § 49-581).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits the state or a city, town, county or political subdivision of the state from considering or establishing any vehicle miles of travel reduction goals or targets in developing any transportation or land-use planning or selecting transportation or transit projects.
2. Prohibits the state or a city, town, county or political subdivision of the state from tracking or maintaining a record of a person's vehicle miles of travel by:
a) recording the odometer reading on the person's motor vehicle through the use of traffic or other cameras that track a person's movement by capturing the person's license plate; or
b) using third-party data or any other means that would allow the state to know how many vehicle miles a person has traveled.
3. Prohibits the state or a city, town, county or political subdivision of the state from imposing or collecting any mileage fee or tax, a per-mile charge, fee or tax or any tax or fee based on vehicle miles traveled by an individual in a motor vehicle.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 10, 2024
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