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Representative abandons plan to redirect lodging/gas-tax revenue; committee tables funding formula bill
Summary
Representative Scott Rosensweig presented HB 784 on redistributing lodging and gas-tax funds to better support 'gateway' counties that carry tourism traffic. Department of Transportation and county associations opposed changing allocations without adding money; the committee tabled the bill.
Representative Scott Rosensweig framed House Bill 784 as an attempt to better align state road and lodging-fund distributions with the tourism burden on gateway counties. He described data indicating large visitor counts at Park County entrances to Yellowstone and argued that counties receiving heavy…
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