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House Transportation Committee directs counsel to draft appropriations letter stressing funding gap, JTOC transfer protection and MBUF pilot funding
Summary
The House Transportation Committee on Feb. 21 asked counsel Damien Leonard to draft a letter to House Appropriations outlining transportation priorities, centered on preserving a JTOC transfer, documenting a structural funding gap, and seeking short-term funding to support a mileage-based user fee effort.
The House Transportation Committee on Feb. 21 directed committee counsel Damien Leonard to draft a letter to House Appropriations that lays out the committee’s top priorities for the fiscal review due Feb. 26.
Committee members said their primary priority is preserving the JTOC transfer as part of the governor’s recommended budget and documenting a structural shortfall in transportation funding. Members also discussed including support for a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) effort and seeking short-term general-fund support to keep a federal pilot on track.
The chair opened the meeting by noting a Feb. 26 deadline from House Appropriations and said, “Damien will be the one to draft it for us,” asking members for priorities to include in the letter. Members described a worsening financial…
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