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Senate approves county option to ask voters for quarter‑percent transit sales tax amid funding safeguards
Summary
Second‑substitute SB292 lets counties ask voters to approve an additional quarter‑percent sales tax dedicated to bus, carpool and low‑fare transit programs; senators debated amendments to prevent diversion for light‑rail projects and to protect federal funding.
Senate Bill 292, offered by Senator Reese as a second substitute on the floor, would permit counties to put before voters a quarter‑percent sales‑tax increase dedicated to expanding bus, vanpool and no‑/low‑fare transit services and programs. Sponsors said the proposal would empower local voters to decide on new transit funding and help regional mobility.
Debate focused on how dedicated revenues could be used and on protecting eligibility for federal transportation funds. One floor amendment proposed to remove a…
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