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A spokeswoman for state Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, says Snyder's proposals to raise the fuel tax by 14 cents a gallon and hike vehicle registration fees by 60% are "nonstarters" with Republicans who hold a 26-11 majority in the state Senate.
But Richardville adds that he and his GOP colleagues might consider some kind of surcharge on motorists who avoid the tax on gasoline by driving vehicles that use less of it.
"We might talk about (higher) registration fees for those kinds of cars out there that don't use gasoline or use very little gasoline," the Senate majority leader told the Michigan Information and Research Service last week. "They are probably not paying their fare share."
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http://www.freep.com/article/20130217/COL04/302170136/Editorial-Michigan-GOP-targets-fuel-efficient-vehicles