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Appropriations committee folds motor‑vehicle excise tax change into budget, recommends do‑not‑pass on SB 21‑42
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Summary
Senate Bill 21‑42, which would have moved additional motor vehicle excise tax revenue into transportation grants and townships, was rolled into the DOT budget; the committee recommended do‑not‑pass on the standalone bill because its provisions were included in SB 20‑12.
The committee recommended a do‑not‑pass on Senate Bill 21‑42 after sponsors said the motor vehicle excise tax allocation language was incorporated into the DOT budget (SB 20‑12). Lawmakers described that move as bringing the other half of the motor vehicle excise tax into the flexible transportation fund, producing roughly $360,000,000 in motor vehicle excise receipts directed to the flexible fund under the proposed allocations.
Senator Wojcick explained that last session the committee moved half of that excise tax into transportation; SB 21‑42 would bring the remaining half into the flexible fund and create grant buckets for counties, cities and townships (county/township bridges, city grants, non‑oil township formula and a maintenance emphasis for gravel costs). Committee sponsors said they had integrated those elements into the SB 20‑12 amendment and therefore moved a do‑not‑pass on the standalone bill. The committee recorded the do‑not‑pass recommendation as approved on the record (tally recorded as 16 in favor).
