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Article: House limits tax negotiations: Bill demands tribes reach deal on gasoline taxes by Dec. 1.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2007
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Byline: Betsy Z. Russell
Mar. 9--BOISE -- The Idaho House passed legislation Thursday to impose a deadline on tax negotiations between the governor and the state's Indian tribes that sell gasoline, though opponents warned that the bill jeopardizes good relations between the state and the tribes.
In anticipation of the vote, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes passed a resolution to begin taxing agricultural products raised by non-Indian farmers on their reservation, which lies at the heart of southeastern Idaho's potato country. The tribes said they'll impose that tax if Idaho tries to tax tribal fuel sales without a negotiated agreement.
"I think ...