Sen. Paul Sarlo, chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, said there is little chance of a state gas tax increase being adopted before the November elections. "With all 80 (Assembly) seats up for re-election, nobody wants to talk about a gas tax," Sarlo told New Jersey Chamber of Commerce members during a breakfast roundtable in Monroe on April 28.
Sarlo, a Democrat, said he and Sen. Steven Oroho, a Republican who also participated in the breakfast event, are co-sponsoring a bill that would raise the gas tax while lowering the estate tax. Sarlo said the bill can be tackled during the lame duck session - the period in November and December between the elections and the start of the new legislative session.
