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Article: Governor to sign end to automatic gas-tax increase; Doyle says registration fees might have to rise to fund the state's road system
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- December 20, 2005
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle pledged Monday to sign
legislation repealing Wisconsin's automatic, annual increase in the
gas tax to give consumers a break - but said lawmakers might have to
jack up registration fees to ensure adequate funding for the state's
road system.
The Legislature approved a bill this month to end the annual
indexing for inflation in 2007. It also would move up by one month to
April 1 a planned penny cut in the portion of the tax that helps
cover the costs of environmental cleanup projects.
Doyle, appearing at a news conference in Milwaukee, said the bill
puts legislators in a tough spot of having to take public votes to
increase the gas tax rather than allowing ...