SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A group representing gas station owners in Illinois has fired another salvo at the state over some signage the state is allegedly forcing those owners to post.
The Illinois Fuel and Retail Association has made its own signage for gas station owners to post, telling of the state’s effort to force the stations to tell consumers about the temporary gas tax holiday.
Association CEO Josh Sharp says in a news release the group’s own signage for fuel pumps tells the truth about the gasoline tax in Illinois.
“We will follow the law and post the signs if the courts require us to do so,” Sharp said, in a news release. “But we are going to make sure our customers understand the whole story about our state’s gas tax not just the part some of the lawmakers in Springfield want to talk about.”
As part of the state budget approved this year is a temporary gas tax holiday. A scheduled increase in the gas tax is being postponed for six months starting July first.
But the signage also points out that if stations don’t post the state’s material, they face a fine of five-hundred dollars a day.
The IFRA has filed suit against the state, citing in part the First Amendment. The association’s signage, Sharp says, will be posted if the court rules against the IFRA.
