34 Transportation Funding Options for Texas. Corresponding Revenue Included.

Courtesy of the new LBB report that examines 34 transportation funding options:

  • Redirect Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
    • $332.2M-$1,229.,5M to State Highway Fund (SHF)
  • Redirect Motor Vehicle Rental Tax
    • $30.8-$80.3M to SHF
  • Redirect Revenue from the Automotive Oil Sales Fee
    • $20.3M to SH
  • Rededicate a portion of the battery sales fee to transportation
    • $12.1M to SHF
  • Redirect & Increase the New Resident Use Tax
    • $50.6M to SHF
  • Implement a Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax
    • $380M to SHF
  • Index Motor Fuels Tax to Vehicle Fuel Economy
    • $343.1M to SHF & $114.4 to Available School Fund (ASF)
  • Index Motor Fuels Tax to Average Wholesale Price of Fuel
    •  $22M to SHF & $74M to ASF
  • Index Motor Fuels Tax to Producer Price Index
    • $156.4M to SHF & $52.1M to ASF
  • Index Motor Fuels Tax to Consumer Price Index
    • $142.5M to SHF and $47.5M to ASF
  • Increases Motor Fuels Tax, for each 1cent increase revenue of
    • $253.5M to SHF & $84.5M to ASF
  • Apply Motor Fuels Tax to Fuel Used to Propel Rail Cars
    • $193.1M to Rail Relocation & Improvement Fund
  • Increase Liquified & Compressed National Gas Tac and Diesel Fuel Tax Based on Energy Content:
    • $125.1M to SHF & $41.2M to ASF
  • Repeal Motor Fuels Tax Exemptions
    • $78.8M to SHF
  • Decrease Motor Fuel Tax Collection Allowance
    • %1.1M to SHF & $17.1 to ASF
  • Redirect Revenue from Certain Special Vehicle Permits
    • $54.5M to SHF
  • Index Motor Vehicle Registration to Fuel Efficiency
    • $868.1M to SHF
  • Increase Motor Vehicle Registration Fee by $5
    • $249.M to SHF
  • Index Vehicle Registration Fees to Standard Presumptive Value
    • Cannot Be Determined
  • Scale Vehicle Registration Fees to Vehicle Emissions
    • Cannot Be Determined
  • Expand the Delinquency Penalty for Late Vehicle Registrations
    • Cannot Be Determined
  • Establish an Inefficient Vehicle $100 Surcharge Fee
    • $115.3M to SHF
  • Establish an annual  Vehicle Equalization Fee of $100 on vehicles not powered by motor fuels & $50 fee on hybrids
    • $25.2M to SHF
  • Establish a Fee on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
    • $1.8-$5.1M to SHF
  • Eliminate SHF appropriations to agencies other than TXDOT
    • $1,329.7M to SHF
  • Increase the Vehicle Certificate of Title Fee 
    • $98.8M -$118.7M to SHF
  • Generate Revenue from State Ferry Operations
    • $95M to SHF
  • Increase Drivers License Fee to $36, Occupations License to $25, Commercial License to $90 and duplicate license fee to $15
    • $80.2M to Texas Mobility Fund (TxMF)
  • Increase the Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Fee by $1.5 annually and by $4.25 for 2 year inspections
    • 62.1M to TxMF
  • Adjust Highway Maintenance Fee to include distance traveled
    • $6.5M to SHF
  • Generate Revenue from Advertising
    • Cannot Be Determined
  • Remove the Motor Vehicle Sales and use Tax Exemption on Hydrogen Powered Vehicles
    • No Signifiant Fund Increase
  • Establish Impact Fees to Fund Transportation
    • Cannot Be Determined