Gas Tax

July 2, 2008 - 5:28am

The pain in Maine falls mainly at the pump

The automatic gas tax went to 28.5 cents on July 1st. The gas tax in Maine is no longer voted on, but is an automatic tax increase, indexed to inflation. The automatic gas tax provision began with the enactment of LD 2020 -- effective July 1, 2003.

Maine is one of the few states that will see a gas tax increase this year. Governor Sonny Perdue in Georgia suspended their automatic increase a few weeks ago. The Georgia tax was slated to rise to 18.5 cents.

It probably would have been a good idea to take a break from the tax this year, and if Fred Nutter thinks the automatic gas tax is a bad idea, then that's good enough for me.

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