May 26, 2015      12:40 PM
El Paso Times: Texas legislators strike deal on transportation
“…If annual sales taxes exceed $28 billion, $2.5 billion of that will go for transportation”
El Paso Times Austin Bureau Chief Marty Schladen gets
the transportation scoop:
“After weeks of hard negotiating, lawmakers have struck a deal on
transportation funding, one of the principals said today.
If
annual sales taxes exceed $28 billion, $2.5 billion of that will go for
transportation, said Rep. Joe Pickett,
D-El Paso. The deal is similar to a proposal by Pickett, chairman of the House
Transportation Committee, to put more than $3 billion a year in sales
taxes toward transportation. ‘It's a good compromise,’ he said.”
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