OCEAN CITY – State legislators are calling for a special session to address Maryland’s automatic gas tax increase.
Last week, the Joint Republican Caucus called on the Maryland General Assembly to convene in a special session to address the automatic gas tax increase that took effect July 1. Joining the caucus in their request is Senator Mary Beth Carozza – representing Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties – who argued action was needed to repeal the gas tax increase ahead of the 2024 session.
“The Maryland General Assembly should take action now, this summer, to reverse this dramatic and automatic gas tax increase,” she said. “There is absolutely no reason we should wait until 2024.”
Under the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, Maryland’s gas taxes were linked to inflation and can increase automatically as inflation increases. Revenues collected from the gas tax are then used on roads and highway projects throughout the state.
On July 1, the tax rate increased roughly 10%, to 47 cents per gallon. In a statement last week, Carozza said she and other members of the Maryland General Assembly have tried to repeal the annual increases since 2014.
Better be some Gas Tax DECREASES !!!!!!
Hold who’s gonna pay for failed schools, high crime, illegals education housing medical, WIC, SSN, and waste of court and police time..my solution .. MOVE out now..I warned you the maryland commie land tax sunami is coming.
I didn’t even mentioned all the consumer, city, county, DMV, cell phone delmarva power, taxes we get bent over on a daily, monthly and annual basis..A big fat middle finger is your only solution, to the utter fiscal incompentence in Annapolis….because in maryland we have taxes without representation! Unless your a tax sucking leech