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A proposal to increase Montana’s gas tax for the first time in 25 years will likely pass the House again on third reading and the state Senate, Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said during the weekly state legislative videoconference at a Northern Montana Hospital conference room.
The legislation passed the House March 23 on second reading 56-44. Reps. Bachmeier and Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, voted for it, while Jim O’Hara R-Fort Benton, and Casey Knudsen, R-Malta, voted against it. It was referred to the House Appropriations Committee, where it passed 12-10 and is scheduled for a vote on...
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