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Article: Senate committee passes tribal fuel tax bill: Measure would impose deadline on negotiations.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2007
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Byline: Betsy Z. Russell
Mar. 16--BOISE -- A Senate committee Thursday passed legislation to impose a Dec. 1 deadline on negotiations between Idaho tribes and the governor over fuel taxes, despite objections and lawsuit threats from tribes. The bill, House Bill 249, now heads to the full Senate for a vote; it earlier passed the House. "This doesn't really enhance the options of the governor with regard to settlement," Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, told the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee. "I find this unhelpful to this process." Added Sen. David Langhorst, D-Boise, "I think if this law passes, we're going to see an instant lawsuit that'll ...
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