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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.”