Last Updated: June 18, 2014By Tags: , , ,

The latest attempt by Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, would establish a 9.5 percent severance tax on oil and natural gas and raise perhaps $2 billion annually, with half the money going to public universities, community colleges and the other half divided equally between parks and social services. Her bill, SB 1017, needs a two-thirds vote in the Legislature and the governor’s signature to become law.

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