Temporarily Reduce Road Safety Surcharge

Joint Budget Committee. The bill temporarily reduces by $3.70 the road safety surcharge for each vehicle class for any registration period that begins on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2028 July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2027 . Revenue from the road safety surcharge , along with other fee and surcharge revenue, is credited to the highway users tax fund and allocated to the state highway fund, counties, and municipalities. The bill adjusts this the allocation of revenue from the road safety surcharge, a daily vehicle rental fee, a supplemental oversize and overweight vehicle surcharge, a supplemental unregistered vehicle fine, and late registration fees for the time period of the temporary reduction in the road safety surcharge any registration period that begins on or after July 1, 2025, but before July 1, 2027, by increasing the county and municipal shares as follows:

• 56% to the state highway fund (reduced from 60%);
• 24% to counties (increased from 22%); and
• 20% to municipalities (increased from 18%).

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)