As Gas Tax Compromise Nears, House Oks Tripling Tax On Clean Fuels

As lawmakers continue to work on a compromise about how to raise and reform the state’s gasoline tax, the House also advanced a bill Friday to triple taxes on natural gas used by clean-burning cars. It voted 43-27 to pass HB271, and sent it to the Senate. It would require motor-fuel tax on natural gas and hydrogen to match whatever the state charges in gasoline tax, based on equivalent energy per gallon. The tax on liquified or compressed natural gas is now equivalent to an 8.5 cents per gallon ... <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/>