SB5017

SB5017 – Dedicating the sales and use taxes on motor vehicles to highways.
Prime Sponsor – Senator Fortunato (R; 31st District; Auburn)
Current status – Referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
Next step would be – Scheduling a hearing.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Comments –
See the Transportation section of the Topics index for several similar proposals this session.

Summary –
The bill would require the use tax revenue and the six and five- tenths percent sales tax revenue from new or used retail sales of a vehicle, including private-party sales, to be used exclusively for highway purposes. (It would not apply to the revenue from car rentals.)