State Representative Linda M. Gentile (D-Ansonia/Derby) is responding to reports that Connecticut is moving toward a mileage tax -- the idea of taxing motorists based on the distance they drive in their vehicles.
“Let
me be clear, I am absolutely against any consideration of a mileage tax,” says
Rep. Gentile. “Talk about such a tax is aimed
at getting voters riled up.” Leadership
in both chambers of the General Assembly insist they have no interest or plans
to consider a mileage tax. “For the
record, I have no interest or plans to institute a mileage tax, as well,” says
Rep. Gentile.
Talk
of a mileage tax began last year when the Governor’s Transportation Finance
Panel recommended studying its potential implementation. ConnDOT applied for a federal grant
($300,000) to pay for the study, joining with Vermont, Delaware, New Hampshire
and Pennsylvania. DOT officials say the
mileage tax could be an option to raise revenues. Rep. Gentile says it is “a concept I cannot
and will not support.”
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