SB 539 - This act increases the tax on gasoline from 17 to 19 cents per gallon, and the tax on diesel fuel from 17 to 23 cents per gallon. Beginning one year after the effective date of the act, the taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and motor fuels other than gasoline or diesel fuel shall be adjusted annually for inflation. This act contains an emergency clause.
This act is similar to HB 1433 (2020), HB 1476 (2020), HB 1477 (2020), and HB 2278 (2020).
ERIC VANDER WEERD
Statutes affected: Introduced (4087S.01):
142.803
Senate Committee Minutes: SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: SB 539
Sponsor: Libla
Hearing Date: 1/16/2020
COMMITTEE: Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety
CHAIRMAN: Libla
DATE REFERRED: 1/9/2020 DATE HEARING REQUESTED: 1/9/2020
STAFF:
Ashley Bax
Mary Grace Bruntrager
Heidi Kolkmeyer
Eric Vander Weerd
WITNESSES GIVING INFORMATION:
WITNESSES FOR:
Adam Kazda - St. Louis Regional Chamber of Commerce
Bill Stouffer - Missouri Dump Truck Association
BJ Tanksley - Missouri Farm Bureau
Morgan Mundell - Missouri Limestone Producers Association
Casey Wasser - Missouri Soy
Shannon Cooper - City of Kansas City; Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Chris Davis - Site Improvement Association
David Overfelt - Associated Industries of Missouri, Mo. Transportation & Development Council
Randy Scherr - Missouri Concrete Association
Dale Williams - Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association
Richard Sheets - Missouri Municipal League
James Harris - Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association
Tom Crawford - Missouri Trucking Association
Tom Dempsey - Missouri / Kansas Chapter American Concrete Paving Association
Mark Rhoads - Mo. Society of Professional Engineers / American Council of Engineering Cos-MO
Jeff Glenn - Missourians for Transportation Investment
Ronald Leone - Mo. Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
Edward Twehous - Associated General Contractors of Missouri; Twehous Excavating Company, Inc.
Patrick McKenna - Director, Missouri Department of Transportation
Sam Panettiere - Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce
Sam Panettiere - South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Ross Lien - Missouri Chamber of Commerce
WITNESSES AGAINST: