A majority of House members do not yet support the road-funding plans of either Gov. Nikki Haley or a House infrastructure committee, House Speaker Jay Lucas says.
Lucas also told The Greenville News that he prefers that there only be one bill on the issue.
“Right now I don’t think the majority of the House has coalesced around any one plan,” he said. “We are continuing to talk with the governor and the members to see if we can build a consensus around one plan. What we would prefer not to happen is three or four competing plans. I think if we could build consensus around one plan it would benefit not only the House but our state.”
Lucas made his comments as State Treasurer Curtis Loftis began lobbying against any plan that includes a gas-tax increase.
“South Carolinians deserve a safe and reliable infrastructure because it is essential to our State’s economic growth and prosperity,” Loftis said in an email message. “But a gas tax increase will only fuel special interests, damage job creation, and cost South Carolinians more at the pump.”
Americans For Prosperity South Carolina, a limited government group, is hosting a Statehouse rally Tuesday against the gas tax, featuring Loftis.
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