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State Lawmakers Want To Incentivize Natural Gas Autos

Many bills were left on the cutting room floor at the end of last year as the lame duck session came to a close. That includes a provision from Representatives Sean O'Brien, a Democrat, and Dave Hall, a Republican.

The bill would give tax incentives for people who wanted to buy a CNG car or convert their current vehicle to run on CNG. O'Brien says this would be a great way to capitalize of the natural gas development happening in eastern Ohio.

"You know it's frustrating in a way because here we are sitting on one of the biggest shale plays for natural gas and we're not taking advantage of it-we are not stimulating this industry," said O'Brien.

O'Brien hopes to reintroduce the legislation in the next few weeks.