Texas lawmakers aim EV owners to pay $200 annual fee

In Texas, Houston Chronicle reported that Texas lawmakers are working to make EV owners to pay a $200 annual fee to recoup lost gas tax revenues. According to the report, two identical bills, Senate Bill 505 by Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, and House Bill 2199 by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, are both making their way through the Legislature. Nichols and Canales are chairman of the state senate and house transportation committees, respectively. If the state were to put the $200 annual fee in place it could raise an additional $215 million over the upcoming two years, according to an estimate by the Legislative Budget Board. More than 30 states already impose some additional fee, usually tied to registration, on electric cars and trucks, the report added.

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