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County briefed on state budget changes: roads prioritized, one-time public-safety dollars, uncertainty over marijuana tax litigation
Summary
A county staffer outlined major provisions in the recently passed state budget, including a gas-tax swap directing pump taxes to roads, a new local roads fund, onetime public-safety dollars to counties, larger cuts to some state programs and a pending court challenge to a wholesale marijuana tax.
A county staff member identified as Mike briefed the board on the recently enacted state budget, describing a tax “swap” and several programmatic changes that will affect county and local funding.
Mike told commissioners the legislature enacted a gas-tax/sales-tax change so taxes paid at the pump will be directed to roads, creating a new local roads fund; he said county revenue sharing remained flat year over year while cities, townships and villages saw some cuts. He also said a new wholesale marijuana tax was included and that litigation had been filed this week…
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