AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that HB 1131 be amended as follows:

        
    On page 10, after line 15 of the printed bill, insert:

"    Section 23. That chapter 32-5 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

    In addition to the license fees paid pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for a motor vehicle, the owner of an electric vehicle shall pay a fee in the amount of eighty dollars and a hybrid vehicle shall pay a fee in the amount of forty dollars.

    For the purposes of this section, the term, electric motor vehicle, means a motor vehicle that is propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery that is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity and that may be legally operated on the interstate highways in this state and that is eligible for registration pursuant to the general laws of this state. The electric vehicle shall have been made by a manufacturer primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways and meets National Highway Traffic Safety Administration standards included in 49 C.F.R. § 571 as of January 1, 2015.

    For the purposes of this section, the term, hybrid vehicle, means a motor vehicle with a hybrid propulsion system that uses an alternative fuel by operating on both an alternative fuel, including electricity, and a traditional fuel and shall also display such motor vehicle's United States Environmental Protection Agency highway fuel economy rating of fifty miles per gallon or more.".