A challenge by gas stations to the state’s deals with Indian tribes on gas taxes can proceed, the state Supreme Court ruled today.
The state has a number of compacts with tribes that allows the tribes to keep much of the gas-tax revenue they collect at tribal gas stations. The most common arrangement is for the state to refund 75 percent of gas-tax revenue to a tribe. The tribes are supposed to use the money on transportation and police protection.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2012/08/30/supreme-court-allows-lawsuit-on-state-gas-tax-deal-with-indian-tribes-to-proceed/
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