HB61

Texas Representative ABezilla- Independent Maryland Representative GAldredge- Republican
 * Sponsors-**
 * Bill number**- HB61
 * Bill title**- EARTH (Environmental Alternative Resources Towards Hybrids)


 * Purpose**- We propose that the government funds a program that will supply cooperating car manufacturers in America with a TWO percent CORPORATE tax refund if they successfully create, manufacture, and sell a hybrid vehicle that operates with the same basic standards as a gasoline-run vehicle by 2016.


 * Eligibility**- This bill will only apply to those who manufacture/sell cars

The tax refund will remain at TWO percent regardless as to how many hybrid cars are created (for example, if a car manufacturer created five hybrid cars the tax break would still be twelve percent). All car manufacturers wishing to participate in the program will sign a contract stating that they agree to the terms, and that, if they fulfill the requirements, they will recieve their two percent tax break on May 30, 2016. The money necissary for the advertisement of this bill would come from the already existing environmental energy funds.
 * Terms and Benefits**-Recent studies have shown that the average two-car household emits over ten tons of carbon dioxide each year. With the over 307, 005, 550 people who live in the United States, that makes 3,070,055,500 tons of carbon dioxide being put into the atmosphere by the United States each year alone. Eighty percent of our country's pollutants comes from cars. Hybrids can reduce air emissions by up to ninety percent. HB61 would help promote the manufacturing and marketing of hybrid vehicles. Car manufacturers that successfully create, manufacture, and sell qualifiying hybrid vehicles by the year of 2016 will recieve a two percent tax break. The qualifications for the hybrid vehicles would be as follows-
 * Pre-existing hybrid cars will not qualify a car manufacturer for the tax refund (HB61's goal is to promote NEW hybrids)
 * The hybrid vehicle must be complete by the year of 2016
 * THE HYBRID VEHICLE MUST HAVE A MINIMUM 40MPG FUEL ECONOMY
 * The hybrid vehicle must be able to accelerate to a speed of at least 100 miles per hour
 * The hybrid vehicle must be able to travel at leat 500 miles before having to be recharged
 * Air emissions must be reduced by at least sixty percent

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