On Oct. 1, an estimated 150,000 motor carriers currently engaging in unlicensed brokerage will find themselves subject to what amounts to an enormous new tax, courtesy of the latest transportation funding law — Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, or MAP-21.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) proposed changing the state’s fuel-tax structure by lowering the retail tax on gasoline but boosting the wholesale tax, which would in effect raise the tax on end users, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of a key House subcommittee that oversees highways said a tax on the number of miles a vehicle travels is the fairest way to raise the money needed to support the nation’s transportation infrastructure.

A Minnesota proposal to impose a new 5.5% tax on a wide range of services that include trucking would add a large cost to the state’s trucking industry, the Minnesota Trucking Association said.

Missouri lawmakers are debating whether to add a penny to the state sales tax and dedicate the new revenue to transportation.

Wyoming has agreed to increase its tax on diesel and gasoline by 10 cents, to 24 cents a gallon as of July 1, a change that was supported by the state’s trucking industry.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Friday afternoon that would eliminate the state’s retail taxes on diesel and gasoline and replace them with a wholesale tax for fuel distributors and an increased sales tax, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) has signed a bill that will add a dime to the state’s 14-cent-per-gallon tax on diesel and gasoline.

Virginia House and Senate negotiators agreed to a compromise transportation plan Wednesday that would eliminate the per-gallon tax on diesel and gasoline, replacing both with wholesale taxes paid by fuel distributors, the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch reported.