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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, A proposed new tax on miles traveled on public, 
3non-tolled Illinois roads using GPS tracking
technology has 
4been proposed in the Illinois General Assembly; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Road-use charges (RUCs), also known as 
6mileage-based user fees (MBUFs) or vehicle miles
traveled (VMT) 
7fees,  would impose a new financial burden, raise privacy 
8concerns for Illinois
residents, and  make our state even less 
9competitive; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Such proposals would offer Illinois drivers a 
11variety of bad options; and
 
12    WHEREAS, One plan, which would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per 
13mile driven, would report miles traveled on
public, non-tolled 
14Illinois roads; it would use  GPS tracking technology in a

15smartphone app or a tracking device similar to the I-Pass (or 
16EZ-Pass) and would monitor the location of
each driver to 
17calculate how many miles were driven in Illinois each month; 
18and
 
19    WHEREAS, Another plan would impose a fee of 1.5¢ per mile 
20driven, based on monthly odometer
readings instead of GPS 
21tracking technology; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, An additional plan would be a flat rate plan of an 
2annual fee of $450; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Each of these plans would impose undue hardship 
4and disproportionately impact rural
Illinoisans who must drive 
5longer distances for work and school; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, A GPS monitoring plan would create privacy 
7concerns for all Illinoisans and expose personal
and 
8confidential information to the possibility of a data breach; 
9therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
11HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
12fully support our hardworking citizens and oppose all efforts, 
13on the State or local level, to impose a new tax on miles 
14traveled; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That we state our firm opposition to any new tax 
16on miles traveled.