Where is this legislative movement happening? It is a bipartisan transportation plan in Wisconsin
Did Republicans or Democrats come up with this idea? Republicans
What stumbling blocks do they have? Convincing collegues it is not a tax increase
How do they counter this? By focusing on the local vote requirement.
What does the legislation allow?
- Allow counties, with voter approval in a referendum, to impose a half-cent sales tax
- Sales tax revenue is then distributed to local municipalities for road maintenance
- Municipalities would have to maintain pre-existing spending levels so the funds wouldn’t displace spending in another area of the budget.
- Voters would have to approve the sales tax every four years.
Reminiscent of Texas’ Transportation Reinvestment Zones? Yes,