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Senate restores locomotive fuel sales tax exemption with funding redirected to railroad crossing safety

Utah State Senate · April 23, 2020
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Summary

HB 4002 restores a sales tax on locomotive fuel and directs the money into a restricted account in the Transportation Trust Fund, with up to 10% dedicated to railroad crossing safety grants and 10% to environmental impact work; the Senate approved the bill 23–6.

The Utah Senate on April 20 approved House Bill 4002 to change the tax treatment of locomotive fuel and dedicate the revenue to railroad crossing safety and related uses.

Senator Sandahl, the floor sponsor, said the bill restores a pre‑2008 tax treatment and places revenues into a…

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