6/23/06-A bill that would have suspended the state’s 20-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline-based fuels for six months has died. The same tax on diesel would have remained intact.
Sponsored by Rep. Paul Kohls, R-Victoria, HF4186 remained in the House Taxes Committee when the session ended, effectively killing it for the year.
The bill would have invoked a gas tax holiday from July 1 to the end of the year. Such a tax break would have cost the state about $317 million in revenue for road work.
Fuel tax revenues are sent to the state’s highway user trust fund, which pay for road work. The bill would have tapped a state account that collects surplus dollars for tax relief to replenish the highway fund.
A companion bill – SF3807 – met the same fate.

5/15/06-A bill in the House Taxes Committee would suspend the state’s 20-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline-based fuels for six months. The same tax on diesel would remain intact.
Sponsored by Rep. Paul Kohls, R-Victoria, HF4186 would invoke a gas tax holiday from July 1 to the end of the year. Such a tax break would cost the state about $317 million in revenue for road work.
Fuel tax revenues are sent to the state’s highway user trust fund, which pay for road work. The bill would tap a state account that collects surplus dollars for tax relief to replenish the highway fund.
For House bill status, call (651) 296-6646.
A Senate companion bill – S3807 – is in the Senate Taxes Committee.