Hamilton wonders if Dems are serious about transportation
July 8, 2008
HB 3202 passed. It was signed into law by the governor. It was found unconstitutional. The only thing unconstitutional about it was how regional taxes and fees were imposed.
Enter HB 6055. Del. Dave Albo and Del. Phil Hamilton of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads respectively crafted this bill to ensure that the regional taxes were passed at the state level, but that the raised revenue would be used locally…which is very similar to how transportation fund money was raised by a 1/2-cent statewide sales tax increase in 1986. Never before had sales tax been used for transportation, but Virginia law made it so. The same would be true this year for money rasied by taxes and fees for NVTA.
Now, it appears that Gov. Kaine and the Democrats are balking at supporting the substitute bill and Hamilton lays into them:
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