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For Immediate Release

March 27, 2008

Contact: Alan Essig, Executive Director

404-420-1324, Ext. 101

770-402-4630 (Cell)







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Sales Tax for Transportation

The House will consider the House Committee on Transportation's substitute to

SR 845 on Thursday, March 27th. This resolution would authorize regional

commission areas to hold a referendum to levy a 1 cent sales tax for

transportation purposes. A Rules Committee approved amendment will be offered

that would dedicate the current 1 cent sales tax on motor fuels to

transportation projects. If approved, that action would move almost $190

million from the general fund to dedicated transportation purposes in FY 2010.

For a GBPI overview of the House and Senate versions, click here.



Senate Tax Cuts

The Senate might consider HR 1246 and HB 1244 this week, which include over $1

billion in tax cuts in the coming years. The Senate substitute for HR 1246 and

HB 1244 would reduce income tax brackets by 10 percent over 5 years. The

spending cap of population growth plus government inflation (SR 20) that was

included as originally passed out of the Senate Finance Committee was removed

from the bill by the Senate Finance Committee on March 27th. GBPI analysis of

the tax reform proposals can be found here:



? Policy Brief on Senate Proposal

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