Maryland lawmakers approved a variety of MVA fee increases, ostensibly to help boost the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. Lawmakers also approved new weight classes that determine the fees. Motorists will pay the new rates the next time they register their vehicles, in addition to several increases in fees for dealers, such as temp tags. The increases run between 60% and 75% across the board.
For passenger cars that weigh up to 3,500 pounds (1,588 kilograms), it will cost $221 every two years, or $110.50 annually. That’s up from $137 every two years that owners pay for passenger cars that weigh up to 3,700 pounds (1,678 kilograms).
Passenger vehicles that weight more than 3,500 pounds (1,588 kilograms) but less than 3,700 pounds (1,678 kilograms) will cost $241 every two years, or $120.50 each year in a newly created weight class. Passenger vehicles over 3,700 pounds (1,678 kilograms) will cost $323 for two years, or half that annually.
The vehicle fees include an increase in a surcharge from $17 to $40 each year to pay for rising costs to support emergency medical services.
The state also added a new annual surcharge for electric vehicles, set to $125 for zero-emission vehicles and $100 for plug-in electric vehicles. The surcharge is geared toward making up for gas taxes that owners of these vehicles don’t pay to support transportation projects.
Actions taken by the General Assembly in budget legislation this year are expected to add $233 million to the state’s Transportation Trust Fund in the fiscal year that began Monday, and increase to $328 million by fiscal 2029, according to analysts for the legislature.
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