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DEL.ICIO.USHouse goes 3-for-3 on transportation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
All three transportation measures up in the House on Tuesday were — finally — approved and sent to the Senate.
HR 206, which asks voters to amend the state constitution, would levy a 1 percent state sales tax to fund transportation projects. It also changes how sales tax from motor fuels are distributed — the fourth penny of the tax from fuel sales would go to transportation rather than the general fund.
HB 277 creates a trust fund for that sales tax money and a new committee to oversee it. It also designates the DOT as the organization to receive federal transportation funds.
SB 39, as amended, would allow MARTA to use a little more of its money for operations. Current law requires half to go toward operations and half toward maintenance; the bill as adopted in the House would increase that to 60-40 operations-to-maintenance.
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