May 19th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
The county has implemented a comprehensive financial plan to restore structural balance to the county’s budget beginning in fiscal 2008.
Components of the county’s financial plan include implementation of a vehicle registration fee, a community college user fee, and a slight reduction in the county’s property tax rate.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
The county commissioners approved an agreement today with the Ohio Department of Transportation to provide $1,440,000 in federal highway funds for the project.
The remainder of the money is the county’s $360,000 in local funds, which the county borrowed last fall and will repay from gasoline tax and motor vehicle registration fee income.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
Former state transportation secretary Sam Hunt called today for the creation of a congestion relief fund that would match local tax money with $1.6 billion in state funds to help the Triangle, Triad and Charlotte regions pay for urban transit projects.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
A week after a Republican plan to erase the car tag tax was defeated by nervous Georgia Democrats, House leaders pushed through a measure Tuesday that allows residents to decide whether to eliminate the tax and limit property tax assessments.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
Responding to growing concern over the condition of bridges around the State and to a November 2007 study, “Keeping Our Bridges Safe,” Maine Governor John E. Baldacci today submitted bipartisan legislation that will invest an additional $160 million over four years in bridge construction and preservation.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed a bill into law that will gradually boost aid for roads and bridges throughout the state.
Before wrapping up a special session in March, House and Senate lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill touted by the governor to increase funding for transportation by $636 million during the next five years. The revenue will be routed from the state treasury.
May 16th, 2008 — Veh. Registration Fee
Boise, Idaho — Vehicle registration fees could be on their way up, and by a lot if Gov. Butch Otter gets his way.
His plan was laid before legislators Tuesday and also involved a change in funding for Idaho State Police and increasing rental car tax.
May 16th, 2008 — Public Public Partnership
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has yet to collect a penny from July’s passage of Act 44 that directs it to raise tolls, starting with 25 percent next year, and convert Interstate 80 into a toll road charging the same high rates.
May 16th, 2008 — Public Private Partnerships
A $4 billion project has proponents hoping for a partnership that garner the finances.
May 16th, 2008 — Toll Roads
Leaders in the DC area are advocating a new plan that involves converting existing roads to toll roads in order to keep traffic moving in the area. Experts project that such tolls would generate $2.75 billion a year