The Maryland Senate’s budget committee is examining tax and fee increases that would generate much-needed revenue for the state’s depleted transportation fund, as lawmakers prepare to head into an October special session at least $800 million short of what they need to meet Maryland’s transportation needs.

Legislative analysts plan to provide the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee with a menu of proposals on Wednesday that would generate transportation revenue. The proposals include increasing the state’s 23.5-cent-per-gallon gas tax, imposing a 6-percent tax on the sale of gasoline, and raising registration, licensing and titling fees. The budget panel also will examine a regional sales tax that would be applied to counties that are directly affected by mass transit such as Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, according to Warren Deschenaux, director of Maryland’s Department of Legislative Services.