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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Public Safety Fee going into effect

Sounds like they will be using it for road maintenance and state patrol, don’t disagree with the funding but this is just a proclamation to add $35 for every car registered in Arizona, when at least 50% of the vehicles are registered elsewhere such as truckers and tourists.

 

A Gas tax would tax all out of state vehicles, at least for now, and generate more income and be incentive for more electric vehicles, in addition to the 35$ vehicle tax.

 

Just guessing on the number vehicles are registered elsewhere but a gas tax is needed for the environment. 

 

 

Fee to be collected during vehicle-registration process

 

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Public Safety Fee going into effect

Fee to be collected during vehicle-registration process

 

Beginning Dec. 1, Arizona motorists expecting vehicle registration renewals will see a new Public Safety Fee. The fee was established by state law to support public safety and Highway Patrol operations. The fee goes into effect for registrations due in January which can be paid as early as Dec. 1, and immediately for newly registered vehicles.

The fee will be collected during the vehicle-registration process administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division. Arizona statute established the method for collecting the fee and sets the process for determining the amount based on a formula designed to support Highway Patrol operations.

Highway Patrol operations — among the most visible functions of the Arizona Department of Public Safety — include response to collisions on Arizona highways, enforcing state laws designed to keep the motoring public safe, arresting impaired drivers, assisting motorists in distress, air-rescue operations and patrolling more than 6,800 miles of highways.

Most motorists will pay $32 per vehicle, per year. Street-legal golf carts and primarily off-highway vehicles will pay $5. Those who register a vehicle annually or pay for a two- or five-year registration will pay the entire amount up front for each registered year.

The funds raised through the Public Safety Fee will not only provide necessary dollars for public safety, but will advance maintenance and construction of Arizona’s highway infrastructure, including the state’s Key Commerce Corridors that support economic development around the state.

Over the past decade, much of the Highway Patrol’s budget was considered part of the Arizona Highway User Revenue Fund, the gas-tax account that supports Arizona roadways, including law-enforcement support. The new $32 Public Safety Fee will allow gas-tax money to support roadway maintenance and construction, while providing a different source of funding for Highway Patrol operations.

For more information: www.azdot.gov/mvd.

For details on the enabling legislation, visit: https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/laws/0265.pdf.

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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Desalination - why isn't it in the news?

With all the water shortages and our abundance of seawater have not seen anyone reporting on desalination technology.

 

Can be hard to trust but Reliable One Resources appear to have technology that will allow much cheaper desalination.

 

The Biggest Breakthrough in Desalination

 

10/08/18 Reliable One Resources Announces Purchase of Ohio Disposal Well Facility

Reliable One Resources, Inc., a provider of innovative water disposal and water recycling services, today announced the purchase of an existing, operating, water disposal and injection facility in Athens County, Ohio, a key milestone in the company's strategy to collect and treat produced and flowback water for oil and gas operators throughout the United States. The purchase was made by Reliable One's wholly-owned Reliable Enterprises, Inc. subsidiary, which does business in the state as Reliable Enterprises Ohio, Inc.