The bill will affix a tax of 2 cents for every mile driven in an SUV, MiniVan or truck, 50 extra cents per gallon of gasoline, and $3500 on all SUV, Minivan, or truck purchases.
This sounds totally bogus to me.
How are they going to tax mileage? Random odometer checks with bills handed out on the spot?
Who is going to determine, at the pump, what type of vehicle the gasoline is being pumped into?
How will gas pumps be modified to handle varying price scales for the same type of gasoline?
I’m not buying any of this.
Wouldn't it be relatively easy to install a type of "governor" device into the odometer of cars that would track this sort of information? I don't know, just asking.
They will make it mandatory and it will drive up the price of SUVS. Then, of course, when it is found to be full of flaws they government will sell you the "fix."
No, odometer checks during your yearly car inspection. But I was under the impression the 50-cent/gallon tax was pulled from the bill at the last moment because even the nutbag RATS in the Legislature knew that was going too far in terms of risking their political careers.
In any case, Rush is right. Davis is severely wounded now; Simon's kicking his butt in the polls. If Davis signs this bill into law, in the most car-obsessed state in the nation, it's over. Simon could go on national TV, announce he's having a sex change operation, is going to open a chain of abortion clinics, and that the spirit of Anton LeVey has taken over his body, and he'll still beat Davis by at least 10 points. And a lot of those RAT legislators, who put this bill together and rammed it through in (illegal?) secret meetings, are going to see themselves voted out as well.
If the bills stands that means on the road SUV's are going to be driven into the ground then scrapped.
Annual registration comes to mind. You drive into a window at the DMV, the clerk notes your mileage and hands you a lip of paper to submit with your registration form.
(d) The regulations adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not require any of the following:
(1) The imposition of additional fees and taxes on any motor vehicle, fuel, or vehicle miles traveled, pursuant to this section or any other provision of law.
(2) A ban on the sale of any vehicle category in the state, specifically including, but not limited to, sport utility vehicles and light-duty trucks.
(3) A reduction in vehicle weight.
(4) A limitation on, or reduction of, the speed limit on any street or highway in the state.
(5) A limitation on, or reduction of, vehicle miles traveled.
The article artfully obscures that this was only in previous versions.
Go to We Drive.org
No, but it would be easy to collect through the smog check. All smog test computer data goes directly to the State. It would be easy to calculate the bill and have the check station collect the money.
Who is going to determine, at the pump, what type of vehicle the gasoline is being pumped into?
I think they mean taxes on all gasoline It would simply affect vehicles with lower mileage even more. It is a tax on the poor.
They have to go in for emissions checks in CA.