The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 23 : Motor Vehicles

Chapter 043 : Mileage-Based User Fee [Effective January 1, 2027]

• § 4301. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2027]

  As used in this chapter:

  (1) “Account manager” means a person that the Agency of Transportation or Department of Motor Vehicles contracts with to administer and manage the mileage-based user fee.

  (2) “Annual vehicle miles traveled” means the total number of miles that a covered vehicle is driven during a mileage reporting period.

  (3) “Covered vehicle” means a battery electric vehicle pleasure car.

  (4) “Mileage-based user fee” or “MBUF” means the fee charged for the annual vehicle miles traveled by a covered vehicle pursuant to section 4302 of this chapter.

  (5) “Mileage-based user fee rate” means the per-mile usage fee charged to the owner or lessee of a covered vehicle pursuant to section 4302 of this chapter.

  (6) “Mileage reporting period” means:

  (A) the time period between required annual inspections;

  (B) the time period between the initial registration of a vehicle and an annual inspection; or

  (C) the time period between the most recent annual inspection and a terminating event.

  (7) “Terminating event” means any of the following:

  (A) the registration of a covered vehicle that had been registered in Vermont in a different state;

  (B) a change in ownership or lesseeship of a covered vehicle; or

  (C) the termination of a covered vehicle’s registration in Vermont. (Added 2025, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. January 1, 2027.)