HB 1286 Summary

• Increases gasoline tax allocations to local governments and the Department of Transportation by raising the threshold from $25 million to $175 million annually, with redistributed percentages favoring counties (62.5%) and cities/towns (27.5%) over the state (10%).

• Prohibits motor fuel taxes deposited in the motor vehicle highway account from being used to pay any operating expenses of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

• Removes the requirement to deduct one-half of state police department appropriations from the motor vehicle highway account before making statutory allocations to local governments.

• Caps the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' annual receipts from the motor vehicle highway account to not exceed the amount of fees the bureau collects and deposits in that account during the same fiscal year.

• Increases the percentage of gasoline taxes directed to the highway, road, and street fund from 25% to 33%.