Broadband Funding Debate Opens Natural Gas Tax Debate

Where: Pennsylvania

Why did Pennsylvania legislators move from SB 725 (2019 |IN) that funds broadband in rural areas to a natural gas tax?

• Pennsylvania is having challenges funding last mile broadband in rural areas
• the impact fee imposed in Marcellus is not enough

What is Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association office saying? ““We agree that Pennsylvania should be more like Texas,” Taylor said. “Texas has no impact fee, it has no corporate net income tax, no personal income tax, it is a right-to-work state. Texas has enacted very meaningful limits on lawsuit use. If the administration is interested in trading those reforms for a severance tax, we think that’s a discussion worth having.””

Indiana Gazette | Broadband hearing reopens debate on gas tax