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Jun 23, 2023

Hobbs wants lawmakers to adopt new laws to ensure electric vehicle drivers pay fair share

Gov. Katie Hobbs wants state lawmakers to enact new laws to ensure that the drivers of electric vehicles pay their fair share of road construction and maintenance.

Feb 20, 2020

Now is the time to address the urban-rural divide in road maintenance

As Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, I have introduced legislation co-sponsored by House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Senate President Karen Fann to remedy this problem. My proposal will set the rate per gallon for gas and propane motor vehicle fuel at 24 cents and increase it to 30 cents in 2021 and 36 cents in 2022. Electric and hybrid vehicles would be subject to a corresponding road [...]

Jan 16, 2017

Lawmaker seeks road tax hike

The new head of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure wants a dime a gallon increase in the state gasoline tax.

Jun 27, 2016

Counties, cities hope HURF restoration will become permanent

For cities and counties, 2016 represented at least a temporary reprieve in the long-running sweep of road maintenance funds they’ve spent years trying to reverse.

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