Governor, Kansas Truckers Differ Over Tax Increases

Kansas Gov. Bill Graves’s plan to raise his state’s motor fuels taxes and truck fees is drawing opposition from the Kansas Motor Carriers Association.

In mid-January, Graves, who comes from a trucking family and who is slated to become president of American Trucking Associations next January after his gubernatorial term expires, proposed a penny-a-gallon increase in the tax on diesel fuel and gasoline and a 3% hike in vehicle registration fees as part of a fiscal 2003 budget that addresses the state government’s $426 million shortfall.

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