Monroe County is joining New York state in capping the amount of sales tax on gasoline.

The bipartisan effort was announced Monday.

The cap limits the amount of county sales tax collected to 8 cents per gallon of gas that costs more than $2.

With the state capping its own sales tax at 16 cents per gallon, local drivers will save at least 24 cents a gallon starting June 1 when the county cap goes into effect.

"We understand the stress that the increase in cost is placing on our hard-working families," said County Executive Adam Bello. "We see the burden that it's placing and that Monroe County is going to step up and do everything we're allowed to do under state law to reduce that burden on the hard-working families that call Monroe County home."

Bello says this will not negatively impact the county as the revenue from sales tax is already forecast to be above what is included in the county's budget.

"Instead of just continuing to collect those dollars more and more, particularly as the price of gas keeps going up, we thought the fair thing to do for our residents was to be as aggressive as New York state law would allow us to be to cap that so that we don't have to overtax our residents,” said Bello.

The county's cap on the gas tax will sunset in six months, in line with the state. It will then be re-evaluated.