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Oklahoma Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/laws/laws/OK/tech/3253

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Tax
In lieu of the motor fuel excise tax, owners are subject to an annual flat fee on motor vehicles including passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, vans and heavy-duty vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas (propane), compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, or blends of 85% methanol and 15% gasoline (M85). Propane vehicles with a payload capacity of less than 2,000 pounds (lbs) are taxed at a rate of $50 per vehicle per year. CNG, LNG, methanol, and M85 vehicles with a payload capacity of less than 2,000 lbs are taxed at a rate of $100 per vehicle per year. Propane, CNG, LNG, methanol, and M85 vehicles with a payload capacity greater than 2,000 lbs are taxed at a rate of $150 per vehicle per year. If the owner acquires the vehicle or converts it to run on the alternative fuel after July 1 of the tax year, the flat fee is half of the above mentioned amount. Vehicles must display a decal that the Oklahoma Tax Commission issues on an annual basis.

Beginning January 1, 2012, the annual flat fee will no longer be used for CNG vehicles. State motor fuel tax will instead be imposed as a direct tax paid at the pump per gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE) of CNG purchased. The tax rate will be $0.05 per GGE until January 1, 2015, and $0.13 per GGE thereafter.
(Reference House Bill 1815, 2011, and Oklahoma Statutes 68-723 and 68-500.4)