State looks at mileage tax to fund roads
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State looks at mileage tax to fund roads
Austin Business Journal - by Jacob Dirr ABJ Staff
Nick Simonite
Texas lawmakers could decide to tax people by miles driven instead of amount of gas purchased.
The Texas Department of Transportation is starting to explore a driver mileage tax as an alternative to the state gasoline tax, in the face of dwindling highway funds that will become depleted in 2012.
In late November, the Texas Transportation Commission laid groundwork for a Highway User Fee Exploratory Committee that would begin meeting in March and draft a report by August, a few months before state lawmakers convene.
[via the Austin Business Journal]