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H.488 would tie town highway aid increases to T Fund appropriations or CPI‑U, whichever is less
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee heard that H.488 would put two town highway aid programs on an inflator tied to the lesser of T Fund appropriations growth or the CPI‑U, aligning those programs with the existing Quimby Amendment for state town highway aid.
At a Senate Transportation Committee review of H.488, Damien Leonard explained that section 10 would apply an inflator to two town highway grant programs — state aid for town highway structures and the Class 2 town highway road program — tying the annual increase to the lesser of the percentage increase in T Fund appropriations to the Agency of Transportation or the CPI‑U, mirroring the existing Quimby Amendment that already applies to general state town highway aid.
Leonard said the change will exclude the…
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