WRTV reporter Meredith Hackler lays out the steps needed for gas tax relief in Indiana as average prices rose to $4.61 per gallon on Thursday.
INDIANAPOLIS — At the Statehouse, Democrats are still pushing to temporarily suspend the gas tax to give Hoosiers some relief.
In addition, legislation calling for a temporary suspension would have to be ready to go for lawmakers to vote on."This is a good way we can help put money in people’s pockets," Democrat Rep. Justin Moed said."Which means they are going to put it back in the economy to instead of the state just building up its surplus fund which is more then we have ever had in history. So, it seems like a good time to step up and help people out.
"I would like to see us get together and having a meeting on it for sure,” said State Rep. Jim Lucas, a Republican from District 29. “When you look at everything that’s happened so far with the tax, mainly the sales tax, that’s the one that has really exploded and gotten away from us.” “For an Indiana Governor to suspend gas tax through a declaration of an energy emergency, the state must have an existing or projected energy shortfall that would jeopardize life, health and property," Governor Holcomb’s said in a statement earlier this week.
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