LANSING, MI (AP)-- The Michigan Senate has voted to double the state gasoline tax over four years to raise at least $1 billion to fix roads.
Michigan's per-gallon gas tax is a flat 19 cents.
A bill approved 23-14 Thursday and sent to the House calls for taxing fuel on the wholesale price. The gas tax would effectively rise to 25 cents in April, 31 cents in 2016, 36 cents in 2017 and 41 cents in 2018 based on current prices.
In June, the Republican-controlled Senate balked at a similar proposal because of opposition to increasing taxes. But Republican Governor Rick Snyder and advocates of more transportation funding have made approval of a major road-funding plan a top priority in the "lame-duck" legislative session.
Now lobbying will begin in the Republican-led House.