McAuliffe repeals hybrid car fee, talks Medicaid

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe addresses the Commonwealth Transportation Board on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, after the board approved a measure to reduce tolls at the Downtown and Midtown tunnels.

McAuliffe repeals hybrid car fee, talks Medicaid
By Julian Walker
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 27, 2014

RICHMOND

The controversial hybrid vehicle tax has officially been repealed.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday signed one of the bills to eliminate the new $64 annual surcharge during his first monthly appearance on Washington-area radio station WTOP.

After that ceremonial signing, McAuliffe, a Democrat, gave the commemorative pens he used to the radio hosts interviewing him.

The legislation he signed, HB975 from Del. Tom Rust, R-Fairfax County, nixes the annual fee on hybrid vehicles and creates a mechanism for state refunds to motorists who paid that registration fee years in advance. One day earlier, McAuliffe signed similar legislation (SB127) from Lynchburg Republican Sen. Steve Newman.

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1. Woohoo!

We're no longer punished for being gas savvy!

Now, if I could just afford a hybrid with a reliable battery....