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House transportation committee favorably recommends HB 429 to realign funding
Summary
The Utah House Transportation Committee on Oct. 12, 2025, voted unanimously to favorably recommend House Bill 429, the "Transportation Funding Alignment Amendments," sending the bill to the next legislative stage.
The Utah House Transportation Committee on Oct. 12, 2025, voted unanimously to favorably recommend House Bill 429, the "Transportation Funding Alignment Amendments," sending the bill to the next legislative stage.
The bill, sponsored by Representative Peterson, would return $1,800,000 to the Transportation Investment Fund (TIF) for litter removal along state roads, move $37,000,000 in gas tax deposits from the TIF back into the transportation fund to support maintenance, and convert a $330,000,000 general fund appropriation to the TIF into a revenue earmark that raises the share of sales tax deposited into the TIF from about 17% to 24%.
Representative Peterson said the measure "does 3…
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