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HB668

Transportation funding in certain areas of the Commonwealth; price floor.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Terry Kilgore (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Transportation funding in certain areas of the Commonwealth; price floor.

Establishes a floor on the 2.1 percent sales tax imposed on motor vehicle fuels sold in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. The average wholesale price of gasoline, as determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, on July 1, 2018, shall be the initial floor. If the average wholesale price rises in future determinations, the new higher average will become the floor, until such time as the average wholesale price of gasoline is determined to be equal to or greater than the average wholesale price of gasoline in the Commonwealth on February 20, 2013, which is the date of the floor used for the calculation of the state gasoline tax. After this threshold is met, the average wholesale price used for the calculation of the regional tax will be the same as the average price used to calculate the state tax. The also allocates $40 million annually from the Priority Transportation Fund, after making any required debt service payments, to each of the Salem highway construction district and the Bristol highway construction district. Of the $40 million allocated to the Bristol highway construction district, $30 million each year shall be designated for the construction and completion of U.S. Route 121, the Coalfields Expressway. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104460D
  • 01/09/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Stricken from docket by Rules (17-Y 0-N)

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