This amendment removes four prior amendments, revises the appropriation language for motor vehicle sales and use tax distribution to the highway fund, and adds a $15 million appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account for interstate 80 tunnel repairs with a corresponding repayment mechanism.
- Deletes four previously adopted amendments (Hicks, Driskill, Pappas, and Nethercott amendments) to start with a clean bill version. (Lines 1-17)
- Adds language to the bill's purpose statement indicating the act provides an appropriation. (Page 1, line 3)
- Removes reference to subsection (b)(intro) in the sales tax distribution statute, simplifying the statutory citation. (Page 1, line 8)
- Removes reference to subsection (b)(intro) in the use tax distribution statute, simplifying the statutory citation. (Page 1, line 9)
- Deletes language that was in the original bill regarding fiscal year applicability and transfer mechanics. (Page 1, lines 14-15; Page 2, lines 1-4)
- Replaces language describing sales tax distribution with an appropriation provision stating that motor vehicle sales tax funds collected starting July 1, 2025 are annually appropriated to the highway fund for operation, maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of state highways, with the Department of Revenue crediting the fund within 90 days of fiscal year end. (Page 2, lines 6-11)
- Deletes original bill language regarding use tax distribution transfer procedures. (Page 2, lines 15-21)
- Replaces language describing use tax distribution with an appropriation provision stating that motor vehicle use tax funds collected starting July 1, 2025 are annually appropriated to the highway fund for operation, maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of state highways, with the Department of Revenue crediting the fund within 90 days of fiscal year end. (Page 3, lines 1-6)
- Adds a new Section 3 providing a $15 million appropriation from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the Department of Transportation for repairing and maintaining tunnels on Wyoming Interstate 80, to be expended through June 30, 2027 only after other federal funding sources are exhausted or for federal matching requirements, with unexpended funds reverting to the reserve account. (Page 3, lines 13-18)Agency: Department of Transportation · $15,000,000 Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account
- Adds a repayment mechanism requiring the first $15 million of general fund appropriations to the highway fund under Section 1 to be transferred back to the legislative stabilization reserve account on June 30, 2027 to offset the tunnel repair appropriation. (Page 3, lines 13-18)Agency: Highway Fund · $15,000,000 General Fund
- Changes the effective date from July 1, 2025 to the date the bill becomes law according to the Wyoming Constitution. (Page 3, line 20)
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