
Utah's Gov. Gary R. Herbert has signed a transportation infrastructure funding bill that includes increases in the state tax on natural gas and hydrogen vehicle fuel.
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A bi-partisan group of congressmen seeking a fair excise tax on liquefied natural gas and propane introduced the Alternative Fuel Tax Parity Act on Thursday. Reps. Todd Young (R-IN), John Larson (D-CT), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), and Ron Kind (D-WI) jointly authored the bill.
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Speaking to reporters yesterday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster argued that both Congress and President Obama lack the political will to increase federal fuel taxes to pay for funding the next highway bill.
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As state governments seek the best avenues to fund their highway infrastructure spending this year, many governors and legislators are looking closely at where making changes to motor-vehicle fuel taxation may get them.
Read More →Pennsylvania's Gov. Tom Wolf has reversed a decision made in late 2014 to increase the state tax on LNG that had increased the fuel’s state tax by 4.3 cents per gallon.
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Rep. Bill Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said that one of his 2015 priorities will be a highway bill – but he does not expect it to be funded by a fuel tax increase, the AP reported.
Read More →The California Board of Equalization (BOE) will consider lowering the excise tax rate for gasoline by 3.5 cents at an upcoming meeting, a move that's not guaranteed to lower prices at the pump.
Read More →California’s gasoline excise tax has gone up 3.5 cents per gallon, effective July 1, 2013. The previous rate was 36 cents per gallon and the new rate is 39.5 cents per gallon.
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