Barrel tax revamp gains support

Most residents surveyed back the use of revenue to promote food security and energy projects

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 19, 2013

~~<p>There is solid public support for revamping the state's tax on oil imports so that more of the revenue is used to support energy and food security as originally envisioned, according to a survey released Friday by the polling firm OmniTrak Group Inc.</p>
<p>Of those surveyed, 78 percent said they "agreed" that the $1.05-per-barrel tax should be restored to what had been proposed before state lawmakers in 2010 voted to divert the lion's share of the funds to help balance the state budget.</p>
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There is solid public support for revamping the state's tax on oil imports so that more of the revenue is used to support energy and food security as originally envisioned, according to a survey released Friday by the polling firm OmniTrak Group Inc.

Of those surveyed, 78 percent said they "agreed" that the $1.05-per-barrel tax should be restored to what had been proposed before state lawmakers in 2010 voted to divert the lion's share of the funds to help balance the state budget. Login for more...