A majority in the House tentatively agreed Wednesday to set North Carolina’s state gasoline tax at 36 cents a gallon for the rest of 2015, rather than let it fall several additional cents this July if current law remains in place.
Republican bill sponsors said allowing only a 1.5-cent drop compared with the current rate of 37.5 cents per gallon would give stability to road-building funds in the near future. Otherwise, lower wholesale gas prices would likely drop the tax below 30 cents per gallon under the variable-rate formula currently on the books, according to legislative analysts. Several Democratic opponents called the measure a tax increase.
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