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Wyoming committee advances plan to divert vehicle sales tax to YDOT, orders $250,000 efficiency study
Summary
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted to draft legislation diverting the vehicle sales‑tax share to the Wyoming Department of Transportation and approved a one‑time $250,000 RFP for an efficiency study to assess how YDOT stretches existing funds.
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee on June 1 approved a bill draft to divert the sales tax collected on vehicle purchases into the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s highway fund and to appropriate $250,000 for an external efficiency study.
Committee members raised longstanding concerns that state transportation funding has lagged demand and asked YDOT to show how agency efficiencies and past reforms have stretched limited dollars. The motion to draft the sales‑tax diversion — offered by a committee member during public business — passed on a voice vote; the measure would redirect an estimated $60–$65 million now flowing to the general fund toward YDOT.
The RFP‑funded study would be overseen jointly by members of the…
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