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October 01, 2007
Maine: Yup, We'll Tax Anything
Allegedly, this tax fee is supposed to be used for oil disposal, but in the past, the Maine legislature hasn't exactly been all that picky about such things.
The new fees, which take effect today, were imposed by the Legislature this year to help pay for cleanups of four former waste-oil sites in the state.Prediction - the legislature will raise it to $5 in the next budget cycle.For standard-sized cars and light trucks, the fees to be paid at service stations, including chain garages that specialize in lube jobs, will be $1 per oil change. The fee will be $2 for vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds to 25,999 pounds, and $3 on those with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more. Fleets that do in-house maintenance won't escape, either. They'll be assessed per-vehicle fees.
The law levying the fees was approved as lawmakers sought funding to complete cleanups of former waste oil storage sites in Plymouth, Presque Isle, Ellsworth and Casco. The Portland- Bangor Waste Oil Services sites became contaminated decades ago after oil and solvents mixed with it leaked into the earth.
Posted by slublog at October 1, 2007 07:58 PM
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Prediction - that after the cleanups of the sites listed are completed the state doesn't remove the tax...kinda like what happened to all of us getting our telephone bill taxed for the Spanish American War up until just recently.
Posted by: downfleeced at October 2, 2007 08:41 AM