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Committee removes tire-tax earmark from BIMP; language to be carried in separate bill
Summary
On April 15 the Finance, Ways and Means Committee approved the Budget Implementation Act (House Bill 14-08) but removed language that would have diverted tire sales tax revenue to the highway fund. Committee leaders said legal advice and bill formality prompted moving the tire-tax change to a stand‑alone bill; HB14-08 advanced 27-0.
The committee voted to approve House Bill 14-08, the Budget Implementation Act (BIMP), after adopting committee amendments and stripping language that would have made a recurring statutory change to reallocate tire sales and use tax revenues to the highway fund.
Chairman Hicks said the BIMP "simply makes the statutory changes needed…
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