Oft-slow lawmakers are finding a higher gear for the gas tax, slated for votes on Thursday and Monday. A hike of 20 cents or more may take effect Friday, July 1.
A plan to hike New Jersey’s gas tax and enact offsetting tax cuts was bashed Wednesday by lawmakers and interest groups from both sides of the political spectrum.
After waiting months for a Transportation Trust Fund replenishment plan, it appears there are now two. One includes a 23-cent a gallon hike in gas taxes.
A Republican senator says a gas-tax hike is a fair way to pay for road work because out-of-state drivers would pay. He says NJ residents should get a tax deduction.
Christie didn't explicitly say how he'd fix the transportation tax fund, or whether he might eventually support a gas tax — instead calling for "fairness" in any proposal.
It looks like New Jersey voters aren't paying much attention to a constitutional amendment being discussed in Trenton that could bring a change to how the state spends the revenue collected from its gas tax.
Tuesday night on the December edition of Townsquare Media’s Ask The Governor program Christie was asked point blank by host Eric Scott if he would support an increase in the gas tax in exchange for phasing out the estate tax and lower income taxes for retirees.