Virginia

Legislature in session.

To check the status of Virginia bills, visit http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm.

Subject: License Tax Exemption
Bill: HB 1990
Description: Exempts from the license tax all vehicles and parts cars stored on private property for the purpose of restoration or repair.
Intro Date: 1/9/13

Subject: Fuel Taxes
Bill: HB 1677
Description: Repeals the tax on all motor fuels except diesel fuel and diesel blended fuel, increasing the retail sales and use tax rate by 0.75 percent and allocating the additional revenue to transportation according to the current formula for motor fuels tax revenue allocation, and doubling the amount of current sales and use tax revenue dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund. 
Intro Date: 1/7/13

Subject: Taxes
Bill: SB 855
Description: Raises tax rate on gasoline by 10 cents per gallon.  Uses fuel efficiency formula to raise and lower taxes.
Intro Date: 1/2/13

Subject: Fuel Tax / Gas Guzzler
Bill: SB 733
Description: Provides for DMV Commissioner to calculate the fuel tax for each new year using a formula designed to increase the gas tax when people are using less fuel efficient vehicles, driving further distances, or both.  The formula determines the tax by multiplying the current gas tax of seventeen and a half cents per gallon ($0.175) by the percentage fuel efficiency has increased or decreased in the state since 2007.  When fuel efficiency decreases, the tax increases.
Intro Date: 12/12/12

Subject: License Plates
Bill: SB 771
Description: Reduces the number of license plates requred on each vehicle from two to one and requires the single license plate to be attached to the rear of the vehicle
Intro Date: 1/9/13

Subject: Electric Vehicles
Bill: HB 780
Description: Relates to converted vehicles; creates a definition for vehicles converted from gas to electric power and provides that such vehicles, when accompanied by certain documents, need not be examined by the Department of Motor Vehicles prior to the issuance of a title.
Intro Date: 1/11/12

Subject: License Plates
Bill: SB 423
Description: Provides that motor vehicles whose manufacturers do not provide, as original equipment, for a bracket or other device for displaying a license plate on the front of the vehicle will be required to display only single license plates, on the rear of the vehicle.
Intro Date: 1/11/12

Subject: Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Bill: SB 485
Description: Creates the alternative fuel vehicle conversion fund for the purchase or conversion of state owned vehicles.
Intro Date: 1/11/12

Subject: Electric Vehicles
Bill: HB 780
Description: Defines 'converted electric vehicle' as any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, that has been modified subsequent to its manufacture to replace an internal combustion engine with an electric propulsion system. 
Intro Date: 1/11/12

Subject: Fuel Tax
Bill: HB 422
Description: Imposes a motor fuels sales tax rate of four percent, phased in over four years, for highway maintenance.
Intro Date: 1/10/12

Subject: Check Points / Vehicle Inspections
Bill: HB 187
Description: Prohibits the establishment of highway check points that specifically target motorcycles.
Intro Date: 1/9/12

Subject: Emissions Inspection
Bill: SB 46
Description: Makes amendments to the emissions inspection program to include the voluntary on-road "clean screen program" which allows vehicle owners to certify compliance with emission standards by means of on-road remote sensing.
Intro Date: 1/4/12

Subject: License Plates
Bill: SB 27
Description: Provides for the display of a single plate on registered vehicles. 
Intro Date: 12/18/11

Subject: License Tax
Bill: HB 878
Description: Raises from $100 to $500 the amount localities may charge for an annual license tax upon the owners of motor vehicles that do not display current license plates and are not exempted from the requirements of displaying such license plates.
Intro Date: 1/11/12

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