2013 Senate Bill 281 ↩

Senate Roll Call 658: Passed

To create a state fund to subsidize the operational expenses of movable bridges (drawbridges, etc.), earmark certain road tax revenue to the fund, and give the Department of Transportation regulatory authority over local moveable bridges. This would have the effect of allocating the distribution of around $129 million of road tax money to local governments to legislative discretion rather than a statutory formula. The bill would also allow larger city bus systems to use some of this money for those systems rather than road and bridge projects.