A. In addition to other vehicle registration fees specified by law, for the year beginning January 1, 2018, and for each year thereafter, there is hereby levied and there shall be paid to the Oklahoma Tax Commission a Motor Fuels Tax Fee of:

1. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) upon every electric-drive motor vehicle to be registered; and

2. Thirty Dollars ($30.00) upon every hybrid-drive motor vehicle to be registered.

The fee shall accrue and shall be collectible upon each electric-drive motor vehicle and hybrid-drive motor vehicle under the same circumstances and shall be payable in the same manner and times as apply to vehicle registrations under the provisions of the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act; provided, the fee shall be paid in full for the then current year at the time any electric-drive motor vehicle or hybrid-drive motor vehicle is first registered in a calendar year.

B. The collection and payment of the fee specified in this section shall be a prerequisite to licensing or registration of any electric-drive motor vehicle or hybrid-drive motor vehicle.

C. Revenue from the fee provided for in subsection A of this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund created in Section 1501 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. "Electric-drive motor vehicle" means a vehicle subject to a registration fee as provided for in subsection A of Section 1132 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes that is propelled solely by electrical energy and is not capable of using gasoline, diesel or any other fuel for propulsion; and

2. "Hybrid-drive motor vehicle" means a vehicle subject to a registration fee as provided for in subsection A of Section 1132 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes that is capable of being propelled at least in part by electrical energy through the use of a battery storage system of at least four (4) kilowatt-hours, is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity and is also capable of using gasoline, diesel fuel or alternative fuel to propel the vehicle.

Added by Laws 2017, c. 347, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.