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House passes rental-vehicle tax to fund transportation corridor preservation
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 111, a 2.5% rental-vehicle tax intended to seed a transportation corridor preservation revolving fund for easements and early land acquisition; the measure passed the House 54–19 and will be sent to the Senate.
House Bill 111 moved through the Utah House on March 3, 1997, with members debating whether visitors should help pay for preserving future transportation corridors. The bill imposes a 2.5% tax on rental vehicles, directing roughly $3,071,400 annually into a transportation preservation revolving fund, with a 1.5% monthly collection fee retained by the Tax Commission.
Sponsor Representative Dillery told members the fund is intended to buy easements, development…
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