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Texas' Clean-Air Plan May Rely on Fee Increases.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2002
Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 26--AUSTIN, Texas--The author of a clean air law desperately in search of $100 million is urging Gov. Rick Perry to endorse fee hikes for hotel rooms, taxi rides, car inspections and more.
It's a tough sell in an election year, but Sen. Buster Brown,R-Lake Jackson, isn't afraid to try since he isn't running for re-election. Perry, meanwhile, dodges the question: Will he ask ordinary Texans to foot the bill for clean air?
Perry's staff said he'll look at all options, although legislators warn that raising money in a tight budget year will be more painful than ever.
Earlier this year, a state district judge ruled that about 80 percent of the funding source for the clean...
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