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Sponsor asks committee to double gravel tax to 4¢ to help local roads and offset exemptions
Summary
Representative Tom Schamberg told the Ways and Means Committee that HB 11‑44 would raise the excavation (gravel) tax from 2¢ to 4¢ per cubic yard to align the statutory rate with inflation and offset local infrastructure costs; DRA urged an April 1, 2028 effective date to simplify administration.
Representative Tom Schamberg opened the public hearing on HB 11‑44 by describing the bill as a modest, locally retained adjustment to the excavation (gravel) tax that has not been updated since 1998.
"Under current law...excavated earth is exempt from property taxation and instead taxed at the time of removal at a rate of 2¢ per cubic yard," Schamberg said, arguing that inflation has eroded the tax’s value and municipalities bearing road and bridge upkeep deserve the modest revenue increase.
Schamberg provided a spreadsheet showing uneven…
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