A measure that would impose a fee of 2 cents per month on cell phones to assist the hearing impaired seemed likely to sail through the Louisiana House Tuesday afternoon. After all, it would cost each cell phone user less than a quarter for a year.
But aides to Gov. Bobby Jindal sent word to normally loyal Republicans to oppose the bill because they counted it as a tax increase. The administration also sent word to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Patrick Williams, D-Shreveport, to withdraw it. He refused.
The measure, House Bill 238, would increase the state’s $24.7 billion budget by $1 million.
More than two-thirds of the House disregarded the Jindal administration and approved the measure, 73-16.
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Jindal says he’d veto cigarette tax without offset
Updated: Apr 18, 2013 3:09 PM CDT
Written by: Wire and Staff Reports
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Gov. Bobby Jindal says he’ll veto any cigarette tax increase that wins passage from lawmakers, unless it’s coupled with a corresponding cut in taxes somewhere else.
Jindal reiterated Thursday that he will oppose anything he considers a net increase in state tax revenue.
A few weeks ago, the Republican governor was pushing for a $1.05-per pack increase in Louisiana’s 36-cent cigarette tax – but he proposed the idea as part of a list of tax hikes that he wanted to offset the cost of repealing the state income tax.
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