Fuel demand in Texas is growing strongly as lower oil prices encourage motorists to use their vehicles more and buy larger replacements. Receipts of motor fuel taxes in February 2015 were 6 percent higher than in the same month in 2014, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Texas collected almost $284 million in motor fuel taxes last month compared with $269 million in February 2014 according to the comptroller’s monthly Revenue Watch report ( link.reuters.com/xas34w ). Motor fuel taxes must be paid to the comptroller by the 25th day of the month after which they are collected by suppliers and distributors, so the February receipts are for gasoline and diesel sold in January. Year-over-year collections – and by extension gasoline and diesel sales – are growing at the fastest rate for more than a decade. Texas consumed 35.7 million gallons of gasoline and 20.1 […]