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DEL.ICIO.USDeal reached on transportation tax. But is it tied to a tax cut?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The House and Senate have an agreement on the sales tax for transportation.
At 10:50 p.m., Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Mullis huffed into Room 450 of the state Capitol and announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached a deal.”
Copies of the two measures — one a proposed constitutional amendment and the other legislation to enact the results — are being printed.
But asked if this deal is dependent on a tax cut that looks ever more doubtful, Mullis replied, “That’s above my pay grade.”
A little more than an hour remains before the midnight deadline.
What about worries about a tax hike when a tax cut is on the verge of failure? The secret may be in the agreed-upon wording of the ballot question voters will see in November:
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow that all revenue currently collected from moter fuel taxes be designated to fund transportation and to provide for communities and regions to solve their transportation problems through a referendum?”
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