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Committee emphasizes protecting transportation fund amid $50M transfer to education and $20M to public safety
Summary
Committee members pressed to prioritize keeping transportation revenues intact, saying an estimated $50 million shifts to education and roughly $20 million to public safety; they discussed drafting a letter to appropriations to protect transportation funding.
Members of the House Transportation Committee said protecting transportation fund revenue is their top budget priority, noting transfers that have reduced available transportation dollars.
Committee members described an existing transfer of roughly $50 million from transportation-related revenues to the education fund and an earlier $20 million redirection to public safety…
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