OOIDA Call to Action - Nevada Members
April 20, 2007

Nevada truckers take action now! A bill being pushed through the Nevada Assembly would add a weight-distance tax of 15 cents per mile to large trucks.

Several Assembly Democrats are behind AB595, which would add a weight-distance tax of 15 cents per mile for trucks weighing more than 55,000 pounds, including local garbage trucks and cement haulers.

Supporters say imposing more tax on the trucking industry is a better way to fund roadwork than fuel taxes. They say the charges more accurately reflect the wear and tear on roads caused by individual vehicles.

But, truckers already pay 40 percent of the fuel taxes and fees that fund transportation in the state. Truckers also point out that a weight-distance tax would make Nevada the most expensive state for the trucking industry to do business in.

A weight-distance tax would be detrimental to the trucking industry in the state of Nevada. It would be an insidious and secret tax on goods citizens in the state buy.

AB595 is currently in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. If approved there, it would move to the chamber floor before it could go to the Senate.

Take time now to contact members of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and speak out against this revenue generating tax. Contact information for committee members is listed below.

Morse Arberry Jr., Chairman
Phone: 775-684-8591
E-mail: marberry@asm.state.nv.us

Sheila Leslie, Vice Chairwoman
Phone: 775-684-8845
E-mail: sleslie@asm.state.nv.us

Barbara Buckley
Phone: 775-684-8537
E-mail: bbuckley@asm.state.nv.us

Moises Denis
Phone: 775-684-8583
E-mail: mdenis@asm.state.nv.us

Joe Hogan
Phone: 775-684-8541
E-mail: jhogan@asm.state.nv.us

Ellen Koivisto
Phone: 775-684-8597
E-mail: ekoivisto@asm.state.nv.us

Kathy McClain
Phone: 775-684-8835
E-mail: kmcclain@asm.state.nv.us

David Parks
Phone: 775-684-8821
E-mail: dparks@asm.state.nv.us

Debbie Smith
Phone: 775-684-8841
E-mail: dsmith@asm.state.nv.us

Heidi Gansert
Phone: 775-684-8837
E-mail: hgansert@asm.state.nv.us

Tom Grady
Phone: 775-684-8507
E-mail: tgrady@asm.state.nv.us

Joseph P. Hardy
Phone: 775-684-8857
E-mail: jhardy@asm.state.nv.us

John Marvel
Phone: 775-684-8851
E-mail: jmarvel@asm.state.nv.us

Valerie Weber
Phone: 775-684-8833
E-mail: vweber@asm.state.nv.us