Implementable Strategies for Shifting to Direct Usage-Based Charges for Transportation Funding (2009) / Chapter Skim
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27 4. STATE PERSPECTIVES As indicated in the prior chapter, many potential mechanisms could be employed to develop a national system of VMT fees.
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28 Processing Center to 16 member states. In order to understand these organizations better, the interviews also included an Indiana state official who serves as the current chair of IRP.
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29 4.2. Overview of State Interview Results This section discusses key findings from interviews with individual states.
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30 the Regional Processing Center (RPC) operated by New York State.
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31 Oregon is the only state in the country to have a weight-distance tax for motor carriers instead of a tax on diesel fuel. Oregon participates in IFTA, to ensure that carriers based on Oregon pay the proper amount of fuel taxes to other states in which they operate.
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32 New York. The New York DMV collects weight-based registration fees as well as plate fees, title fees, and vehicle use tax.
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33 as the IRP database)
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34 odometer readings during title transfer, but only for vehicles less than 10 years old. So in some states, if an 11-year-old vehicle is purchased out of state, the state may never have an odometer reading for it.
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35 database. New York operates the IFTA Regional Processing Center, which it described as "user friendly." • IRP and the IRP Clearinghouse received good reviews.
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36 Patrol conducts because of a perception that their previous inspection rate was not sufficient. South Carolina mentioned that when they moved from collecting taxes form distributors to from terminals, they reduced the number of taxpayers from 2000 to 45, and increased collections by $20 million annually due to fewer opportunities for "slippage." However, no state mentioned passenger fuel tax evasion as a particular concern.
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37 congestion, since it was not a major issue for them, but that the ability to measure whether travel was in- or out-of-state was of critical importance, since many of their drivers cross state borders daily. A third state also mentioned border issues, particularly since they have an international border.
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38 being sold, which could be an issue regardless of whether it is held by the public or private sector. • Payment options may influence support.
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