Thomas Carmody, Jr. voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Increases Gas Tax
Title: Increases Gas Tax
Vote to concur with amendments and pass a bill that increases the state gas tax and makes changes to the highway priority program
Requires that a prioritization process be created to allocate funds from the Department of Transportation to increase the efficiency of road construction and maintenance (Sec. 1).
Requires the Department of Transportation to provide the legislature and the public with a list of projects to be constructed in the upcoming fiscal year (Sec. 1).
Specifies that the projects included in the Highway Priority Program will be selected and prioritized based on the urgency of each improvement (Sec. 1).
Requires the Department of Transportation to publish yearly updates on the progress of projects (Sec. 1).
Establishes that if 3 consecutive audits discover a substantial lack of compliance with spending taxpayer money, the Legislative Audit Advisory Committee will recommend action to the legislature (Sec. 1).
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from engaging in projects not listed on their yearly priority report to the legislature (Sec. 1).
Requires the Department to give notice to any legislator whose district will be affected by a highway lane closure or flow of traffic change before initiating the project (Sec. 1).
Title: Increases Gas Tax
Title: Increases Gas Tax
Title: Increases Gas Tax