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Senate debates dedicating an eighth-cent sales tax to water projects; amendment would cap annual receipts and add sunset
Summary
Senate discussion on SB 20 proposed dedicating 0.125% of sales tax to water development (40% water projects, 30% wastewater, 30% safe drinking water); sponsor offered an amendment to cap receipts at $12 million annually and sunset in 1996 amid strong objections to earmarking.
Senators debated a substantial proposal to dedicate a slice of the sales tax to water and wastewater projects.
Senator Marine presented substitute SB 20, which would allocate an eighth of a percent of existing sales tax revenue to water development without adding a new tax. He explained the proposed split: 40% to projects managed by the Board of Water Resources, 30% to wastewater needs and…
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