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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
Copyright 1989, San Jose Mercury News
DATE: Thursday, January 12, 1989
PAGE: 1E EDITION: Morning Final
SECTION: California News LENGTH: 12 in. Medium
ILLUSTRATION: Photo
SOURCE: Mercury News Wire Services
DATELINE: Sacramento
SENATORS SEEK TO DOUBLE STATE GAS TAX
10-CENT-A-GALLON INCREASE WOULD BE USED FOR
ROADS
Saying the state is strapped for money to build and maintain its roads,
two state senators Wednesday introduced legislation to increase the state's
gas tax by 10 cents a gallon.
The measure, co-sponsored by Sen. Quentin Kopp, a San Francisco
independent, and Senate President Pro Tem David*Roberti,*D-Los Angeles, would
raise the tax Californians pay per gallon to 19 cents from 9 cents beginning
in January 1990.
But the idea is likely to be stymied if it reaches the governor's office,
where aides to Gov. George Deukmejian said he has ruled out raising any such
taxes without asking for a statewide vote.
Nevertheless, the measure, along with other proposals to find money for
maintaining and building California roads, will serve as a starting point for
negotiations on the subject between legislators and the governor.
Through the higher tax and increases in truck fees, the*Kopp-Roberti*bill
would help raise $16 billion for state roads over 10 years, Kopp said.
''This is one tax that is truly a user fee -- the more you drive, the
more you pay,'' Kopp said.
Californians last June rejected the governor's plan to sell bonds to pay
for building roads, and the state now is so short of highway money that
Deukmejian's proposed budget delays $360 million worth of transportation
projects.
Legislators pushing higher gas taxes say they are encouraged by signs
that Deukmejian will negotiate on the issue, even though he remains insistent
that any such increase be submitted to voters for approval.
''Last fall he was willing to let the Legislature do something around
him,''*Roberti*said. ''That's almost impossible. You need some input from the
governor's office. We obviously have to negotiate with a number of parties.''
In addition to the state fuel tax, California motorists pay a
9-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax and a state sales tax, which is 7 cents per
dollar in Santa Clara County.
CAPTION: PHOTO: Associated Press Sens. Quentin Kopp, left, and
David*Roberti*are co-sponsors of gas tax bill
KEYWORDS: CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE ROAD BUDGET LEGISLATION FUEL*TAX*INCREASE*
END OF DOCUMENT.