Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s suspension of the state gas tax is set to expire just before midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
With the governor calling a special session to redraw Georgia’s congressional and state legislative lines following a recent federal court ruling, he cannot continue the suspension while lawmakers are in session, which begins Wednesday.
The end of the suspension means the state’s 31-cent-a-gallon tax on gas and 35-cent-a-gallon tax on diesel will kick back in. It will take a few days to kick in because the fuel tax is charged at the distributor level and not by gas stations,
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