GOP: Suspend Gas Tax

CONNECTICUT – Legislative Republicans said today they will try to amend as many bills as possible in the final weeks of the session to suspend Connecticut’s 25-cent-per-gallon state gasoline tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Lawmakers said the state’s growing budget surplus, currently estimated at $848 million, would easily cover the $120 million expense of the proposed three-month tax holiday.


The average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Connecticut, $3.18 per gallon, ranked 13th in the nation as of Monday, according to the AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

“This is at least an attempt to let the citizens out there know that at least somebody is listening,” said Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca, R-Woodbury.

Hartford Courant