The Louisiana House approves legislation requiring electric and hybrid owners paying an annual road usage fee. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Freiberg says the state’s 20-cent per gallon gasoline tax pays for highway upkeep and improvement and she wants to make sure E-V and hybrid vehicle owners pay their fair share.
“I think it’s only fair that everyone who uses our roads pay something for that privilege,” said Freiberg.
Freiberg’s bill would charge EV owners 110-dollars annually and hybrid owners 60-dollars annually.
“We are in line or lower than our surrounding states,” said Freiberg.
Hybrid and EV owners would be asked to report they own these types of vehicles on their state income tax returns. The House approved the legislation 82-13 and it will also take two-thirds approval to pass the Senate, since it’s a fee.