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House Bill 055 — Transportation policy

House Bill 055 — Transportation policy

by
Parrish Miller
February 1, 2023

Bill Description: House Bill 55 would limit the use of highway-user revenue to the maintenance, construction, and development of bridges and highways that benefit primarily motor vehicles.

Rating: +1

Does it increase government spending (for objectionable purposes) or debt? Conversely, does it decrease government spending or debt?

House Bill 49 would amend Section 40-708, Idaho Code, which deals with how the Legislature spends taxpayer funds, to declare that "except as otherwise provided, all highway-user revenues accruing to the state highway account and all ad valorem levies accruing pursuant to chapter 8, title 40, Idaho Code, shall be spent exclusively for the maintenance, construction, and development of bridges and highways that benefit primarily motor vehicles in the local highway jurisdiction."

This new language should serve to prevent highway-user revenues and ad valorem levies from being used to fund projects that do not primarily serve the purpose of maintaining, constructing, and developing bridges and highways that benefit primarily motor vehicles. 

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