10月31日,九届全国人大常委会第十二次会议以97票赞成、28票弃权通过修改《公路法》的决定,使公路和车辆费改税有了法律依据。全国人大法律委员会主任委员王维澄在向会议所作的公路法修正案(草案)审议结果的报告中说,九届全国人大常委会第十二次会议于10月27日下午对公路法修正案(草案)分组进行了审议。委员们认为,对公路和车辆的收费进行改革,由收费改为征税,符合改革方向,表示赞成。全国人大常委会关于修改公路法的决定(草案),吸收了常委委员在九届全国人大常委 On October 31, the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress passed a decision on amending the “Highway Law” with 97 votes in favor and 28 abstentions, thereby providing a legal basis for tax reform on highways and vehicles. Wang Weicheng, chairman of the NPC Law Committee, said in his report to the meeting on the draft amendments to the Road Law (draft) that the 12th meeting of the Ninth NPC Standing Committee on the afternoon of October 27 amended the Highway Law ) Sub-group was considered. Members considered that the reform of tolls on highways and vehicles should be changed from tolls to taxes in line with the direction of the reform, and they agreed. The NPC Standing Committee’s decision (draft) on amending the Highway Law has absorbed the standing committee members in the Ninth NPC Standing Committee