General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6200
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1626
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. JUTILA, 37th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6200
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1626
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. JUTILA, 37th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPOSITION OF TOLLS ON NEW HIGHWAYS OR HIGHWAY EXTENSIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the Department of Transportation shall be authorized to impose tolls on vehicles traveling on a new highway or new extension of an existing highway in order to collect a portion of the state's share of the cost of such new highway or extension; that revenue generated by the imposition of any such toll shall only be used to fund the highway or extension on which such toll is imposed, and that the imposition of such toll shall be discontinued upon collection of such portion of the state's share of such cost.
Statement of Purpose:
To secure a reliable funding source for any new highway of highway extension.