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House amends SB212 to dedicate sales-tax increment for water and transportation planning
Summary
Lawmakers amended SB212 to dedicate an eighth of a cent of sales tax into planning for water and transportation starting next fiscal year; proponents called it forward planning, opponents warned it shifts general-fund dollars from other priorities.
Representative sponsors presented and the House adopted amendments to SB212 that transform the bill’s original focus on sales-tax revenue for water projects into a combined water-and-transportation planning mechanism. The adopted amendment would dedicate an eighth of a cent beginning next fiscal year for planning purposes; sponsors and floor supporters repeatedly framed the measure as a pre-planning tool to ensure funds…
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