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GA SR654
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/30/2020
Primary Sponsor
Sally Harrell
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AI Summary
- Proposes an amendment to Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI of the Georgia Constitution to expand the allowable use of motor fuel tax revenue from solely "public roads and bridges" to all "public transportation" purposes
- Defines public transportation to include roads, bridges, rails, airports, buses, seaports, and all accompanying infrastructure and services necessary to provide access to these facilities
- Preserves existing protections for motor fuel tax revenue, including automatic appropriation without requiring a general appropriations act, protection from budgetary reduction, and emergency use authority by the Governor in case of invasion or major catastrophe
- Requires the proposed constitutional amendment to be submitted to Georgia voters for ratification or rejection on the ballot
- Sponsored by Senators Harrell (40th), Henson (41st), Jones (10th), Butler (55th), Seay (34th), and others during the 2020 legislative session
Legislative Description
Motor Fuels; taxes shall be appropriated for any and all public transportation purposes; provide -CA
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
1/31/2020
Full Bill Text
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