Maryland House panel passes 4-cent gas tax increase

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders would pay almost 4 cents more per gallon of gasoline this summer under a transportation funding proposal approved by a Maryland House panel Monday.

Marylanders could expect to pay 3.8 cents more per gallon on July 1 as the state applies a 1 percent wholesale tax on gas. One more percent would be phased in Jan. 1, 2015, with another percent being phased in July 1, 2015. The bill passed by the Ways and Means Committee would tie the current 23.5 cents- per-gallon gas tax to inflation, but would not reduce it.