Legislative Watch 
LEGISLATIVE
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9/28/05-With the price for gasoline and diesel fuel about $2.90 per gallon, a leading Republican lawmaker in the state is calling for the Montana Legislature to address temporarily suspending the state’s 27-cent-per-gallon tax on motor fuels. Lawmakers are expected to meet for a special session in December to address other issues.
“The state is getting a huge windfall from oil- and gas-tax revenue, yet they’re not passing any of that on to the consumer,” Rep. Roy Brown of Billings, the House Republican leader, told the Missoulian.
The proposed fuel tax holiday doesn’t address the status of the International Fuel Tax Agreement requirements for miles driven in Montana.
However, Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer and other leading Democrats in the state denounced the idea. They say the proposal has numerous holes, including the adverse affects to Montana’s multimillion-dollar highway construction program.
