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Senate Preparations Committee amends T Bill 09-44, strips several appropriations and redirects some EV fee revenue
Summary
The Senate Preparations Committee approved an amendment to T Bill 09-44 deleting sections already covered in the enacted budget, removing a proposed $10.4 million transfer, and redirecting certain EV fee revenue previously dedicated to charging infrastructure into general transportation appropriations beginning in FY28.
The Senate Preparations Committee on a procedural motion approved an amendment to T Bill 09-44 that removes several sections the committee said are already reflected in the enacted budget and adjusts how some electric-vehicle (EV) fees will be allocated.
Joint Fiscal Office staff told the committee that sections 6–10, which include pilot fund changes and appropriations to town highways, will be deleted from the bill because those items were already accounted for in the September budget. "So section 6, 7, 8, and 9 all relate to sort of changes happening with the pilot fund and then an appropriation from the pilot fund to AOT for Town Highway 8," the Joint Fiscal Office staff explained during the meeting.
The amendment also removes a proposed transfer of $10,400,000 from the general fund to the T Fund after staff said updated budget decisions and additional T Fund revenue (described in the…
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