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Senate substitute on transportation funding allows counties limited homeless/mental-health spending; senators debate local control
Summary
A substituted transportation-funding bill (Senate Bill 2 60) would authorize counties implementing a local sales-and-use 'fifth of the fifth' to allocate portions to cities, counties and transit and — for counties of the first class — allow up to 0.05 to be used for homelessness and mental-health services; the measure prompted debate over local control and whether it changes voter intent.
Senators debated a substantive substitute to Senate Bill 2 60 on Monday that would prescribe how counties may allocate a 0.2% local sales-and-use tax increment often described as the "fifth of the fifth." The substitute allocates parts of that increment among cities, counties and transit, and authorizes counties of the first class to use up to 0.05 of the 0.2 for homelessness and mental-health programs if the county elects to implement the tax.
Sponsor’s explanation: Sen. Cullimore (substitute sponsor) said the substitute clarifies distribution options and gives counties discretion on implementation. He described an optional framework that does not force counties to…
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