6/21/06-S5968 is dead. However, a similar effort – A1131 – has been signed into law.

2/22/06-The Senate has approved a measure to cut the sales tax on motor fuels.
Senators approved the measure during a one-day special session this past September only to see it fail to receive consideration in the Assembly, effectively killing it for the year. Once the 2006 legislative session kicked off last month, the effort was restarted in the Senate and sent back to the Assembly for debate.
The sales tax cap legislation – S5968 – calls for the state and localities to add sales tax to only the first $2 worth of a gallon of gasoline or diesel.
Localities could opt out of the tax.
For bill status, call (518) 455-7545. In New York, call 1-800-342-9860

Click here to read the 2005 legislative updates for S5968.