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July 15, 2021Jefferson City, Mo. |  By: AP

Parson signs off on first Missouri gas tax hike in decades


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law the state's first gasoline tax increase in decades.

The law will gradually raise the state's 17-cent-a-gallon gas tax to 29.5 cents over five years, with the option for buyers to get a refund if they keep track of their receipts.

The first 2.5-cent increase is slated to take effect in October, which will bring the gas tax to 19.5 cents. A conservative advocacy group's Missouri chapter is trying to put the gas tax hike to a public vote in 2022.