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House passes bill to tax alternative fuels at gasoline-equivalent rates
Summary
The House approved HB271 on March 6, 2015, closing a tax loophole to charge alternative fuels—including hydrogen—an equivalent fuel tax based on gasoline-gallon-equivalent energy content; the bill passed 43-27 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives passed House Bill 271 on March 6, 2015, a measure that requires users of certain alternative fuels to pay a fuel tax equivalent to the tax charged on gasoline and diesel. Representative Blifford, the bill sponsor, said the bill recognizes hydrogen as a clean fuel and uses a gasoline-gallon-equivalent index to set the tax for…
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