Coeur d'Alene Tribe to collect gas tax

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001

In response to a recent court ruling in their favor, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho plans to keep collecting a 25-cent fuel tax on sales of gasoline at two tribally-owned gas stations.

But instead of remitting the tax to the state, the tribe will put the tax into a fund which could be used for road maintenance and other purposes. The Idaho Supreme Court on June 8 ruled that the state tax was an infringement of tribal sovereignty.

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes have created a similar fund as well.

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Tribes will keep gas tax funds (AP 7/24)

Relevant Links:
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe - http://www.cdatribe.com

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