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Senate advances Transportation Investment Act to lock in Centennial Highway funds
Summary
The Utah Senate passed first substitute House Bill 1-12 to earmark 8.3% of general fund sales tax for the Centennial Highway Fund (about $149.6 million ongoing), with supporters saying the money is existing budgeted revenue and opponents raising procedural budget concerns; the measure passed under suspension of rules.
The Utah Senate voted to pass first substitute House Bill 1-12 on the Transportation Investment Act, a bill that earmarks 8.3% of general fund sales-tax revenue for the Centennial Highway Fund, an ongoing appropriation the sponsor said amounts to about $149,595,000.
Senator Walker, the bill sponsor, said the measure "is a continuation of the bill that we actually passed in special session last year" and stressed that "this is not new money," describing the change as a way to protect…
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