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By Guy Page
The fuel dealers registry bill and the Miles Based User Fee are both moving through the Vermont Senate.
H.740, the greenhouse gas inventory and registry, is in Senate Natural Resources and Energy. It appears likely to pass on a 3-2 committee vote and on party line on the floor.
Gov. Phil Scott could veto it out of concern that it is a precursor for further regulation and taxation, including the Global Warming Solutions Act. The veto likely would be upheld by the Republican minority.
A proposal to impose an EV alternative to the gasoline tax, AKA the Miles Based Users Fee, is part of the transportation bill now under review by the Vermont Senate.
The MBUF is a long-awaited solution to criticism that EVs, already heavily subsidized at the point of sale, are not contributing to state bridge and highway construction and maintenance – now paid for at the pump by gasoline and diesel vehicle drivers.
Also in Senate Transportation, senators are working on restoring local option tax surplus – about $10 million – to municipalities for local highway funds, Sen. Pat Brennan told VDC today.
Longtime Brattleboro rep won’t run again – Mollie Burke, a Democrat legislator representing Brattleboro since 2009, has announced she will not seek re-election.
She was elected to the House in 2008 and has served since then on the Transportation Committee. She is also Chair of the House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel and active in the Climate Solutions Caucus and the Women’s Caucus.
Anti-ICE bill passes Senate – by a 23-7 vote, the Senate Tuesday, April 14 passed h849, granting the right to sue for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official.
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23 -7? where are the Republicans?
Democrats are Domestic Terrorists! Democrats have destroyed Vermont and everything they have ever made a decision on! Stop voting Democrat! Governor Phil Scott is a Democrat in disguise
United Nations has spoken and they are doing their will. This has nothing to do with our Republican form of governance.
Guy Page needs to update his rhetoric. EVs are no longer “heavily subsidized at the point of sale” — because Trump and the GOP killed rebates that were designed to encourage sales of American EVs and reduce air pollution from gas-burning vehicles.
Still state rebates
The Miles Based Users Fee
In Crandall v. Nevada, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot impose taxes or regulations that burden the right of individuals to travel freely, including the modes of travel they use. The case specifically addressed Nevada’s attempt to tax individuals leaving the state are by various means of conveyance, such as stagecoaches or steamboats.
Fundamental Right to Travel: The Court affirmed that the right to travel freely is a fundamental right protected under the privileges and immunities clause of Article IV and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This right encompasses both interstate and intrastate travel and includes the freedom to choose the mode of travel.
State Taxation Prohibited: Crandall v. Nevada established that states do not have the authority to tax the right to travel or the specific modes of travel that individuals use. The Court’s reasoning was grounded in the principle that such taxes would infringe upon a fundamental right and exceed the permissible scope of state taxation powers.
Constitutional Constraints: The decision underscores constitutional constraints on state authority to tax activities or rights that are essential components of fundamental liberties. States cannot impose taxes that directly burden these rights without violating constitutional protections.
Judicial Interpretation: Crandall v. Nevada remains a precedent that clarifies the limitations of state power in taxing activities related to fundamental rights. It affirms the judiciary’s role in interpreting and upholding constitutional guarantees against state actions that infringe upon individual freedoms.
In summary, Crandall v. Nevada definitively established that states cannot tax the right to travel freely or the modes of travel used by individuals. The decision reinforces the protection of fundamental rights under the Constitution and sets boundaries on state authority in taxation to ensure compliance with constitutional principles.
States are not granted the right to tax per mile per inch of a car or bike or walking per Crandall v. State of Nevada, 73 U.S. 35 from 1867. Interestingly, some states are just ignoring the laws and legal cases.
Since all citizens have the right to move around freely, a state cannot impose taxes that interfere with their ability to leave.
The bottom line since 1867, the government does not have the right to charge you by the miles. Some states have already implemented this law. Now it’s time to get these laws removed as it violates your freedom, takes your money and it conflicts with the Constitution of the United States.
Anti-ICE bill passes Senate – by a 23-7 vote, the Senate Tuesday, April 14 passed h849, granting the right to sue for deprivation of federal constitutional rights by any government official. Would this mean we can now sue our State government officials for deprivation of our 2nd Amendment rights? Asking for a friend.