Wisconsin Law Eliminates Automatic Fuel-Tax Increases

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isconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) signed legislation late last month repealing automatic annual increases for inflation in the state’s fuel tax, though the repeal will not take effect until April 2007.

Under the new law, increases which had previously been determined by a formula and instituted every April 1 will have to be voted on by the state’s legislature.

Wisconsin's gasoline tax is expected to go up 0.8 cent on April 1 of this year, the Associated Press reported. The new law eliminates automatic indexing after that increase.

The Wisconsin fuel tax is one of the highest in the country, and is currently 32.9 cents per gallon for diesel, while the state’s gasoline tax is 29.9 cents per gallon, said Tom Howells, president of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association.