Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-858

OTH 858

Increase of the Excise Tax Rate for Jet Fuel

Messrs. Barrett and Eldridge and Ms. Edwards moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following section:-

“SECTION X. Section 1 of chapter 64J of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of ‘Tax per gallon,’ and replacing it with the following definition:- ‘Tax per gallon’, an amount in cents per gallon equivalent to the amount in cents per gallon of the tax levied on sales of fuel, other than aviation fuel, set pursuant to section 1 of chapter 64A.”