Transportation Lockbox bill passes committee

From The Hartford Courant. ‘Transportation Lockbox’ Bill Passes Committee — With Warning A measure to protect state transportation funds won a narrow victory Monday at a legislative committee, but Republican lawmakers made clear that they will sink it later on unless the wording becomes stronger. “People have raised the suspicion that this is just a…

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From The Hartford Courant.

‘Transportation Lockbox’ Bill Passes Committee — With Warning

A measure to protect state transportation funds won a narrow victory Monday at a legislative committee, but Republican lawmakers made clear that they will sink it later on unless the wording becomes stronger.

“People have raised the suspicion that this is just a ruse to have the public accept a new revenue scheme,” Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, told her colleagues on the transportation committee.

Several Republicans ultimately voted with Democrats to pass along Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed “transportation lockbox” to the full General Assembly. But they warned that unless legislative leaders toughen up the bill in the coming weeks, they will vote it down if it reaches the House or Senate floor.

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