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MADISON - As gas prices inch toward $3 per
gallon, Assembly Democrats have agreed to a proposal that would allow
oil companies to add another 4 cents per gallon at the pump.
Democrats on Wednesday agreed to change
the state budget proposal to let oil companies pass along a new state
tax to customers at the pump. The most companies could add is 4 cents
per gallon.
The change was agreed to after numerous
concerns were raised about the constitutionality of Gov. Jim Doyle's
original oil tax proposal. Under that idea, oil companies would be
barred from passing the tax along to consumers.
The sponsor of the new idea, Rep.
Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse, says letting oil companies pass the
tax along removes any legal questions.
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