Amendment #1039 to H4700

Suspension of the Massachusetts Gas Tax

Mr. Durant of Spencer moves to amend the bill adding the following section:

SECTION XX: Section 12 of chapter 64A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Any sale of fuel for automotive use, including but not limited to unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel, by a distributor to any public or private entity, or private person in the commonwealth shall be exempt from the tax per gallon contained in this chapter until such time as the average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline, as calculated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is less than three dollars and seventy cents.  This provision shall expire unless extend, six months following passage.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1039 to H4700

Suspension of the Massachusetts Gas Tax