Texas: House OKs suspending gas tax

AUSTIN – Relief from soaring gas prices may soon be on the way.

The Texas House tentatively adopted a measure Tuesday that would suspend the state’s 20-cent gas tax through the summer.

That would mean an immediate 20-cent drop in the price per gallon.


“The more cars you have, the more relief you get,” said Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a San Antonio Democrat who added the proposal to an omnibus tax collection bill. “We’re sitting here on record savings. We used to say around here, it’s the people’s money. We ought to give it back.”

AP