Amendment #470 to H3400

Gas Tax Rollback

[Sponsors] Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleboro, and deMacedo of Plymouth move to amend the bill by inserting, after section XX, the following section:

“SECTION XX. Section 4 of chapter 64A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, in lines 5 and 10, after the word ‘return’, in each instance, the following:-

‘; provided, that if the average price of fuel, as determined pursuant to section 3A of chapter 64A, is equal to or exceeds $5 per gallon, the commissioner shall suspend the enforcement of this provision until such time as the average price of fuel, as determined pursuant to said section of said chapter, is less than $5 per gallon’”.