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HB 31 Original 2018 Second Extraordinary Session Gary Carter
Abstract: Changes the dedication of a portion of motor vehicle license taxes on trucks and trailers
collected in Jefferson Parish from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Jefferson Parish
Maintenance and Improvement Fund and repeals the termination date for the New Orleans
Ferry Fund.
Present law dedicates 50% of all motor vehicle license taxes collected in Orleans, Jefferson, St.
Charles, St. John the Baptist, Tangipahoa, and St. Tammany parishes to state highway fund No. 2
for the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission.
Present law (R.S. 48:197) dedicates 50% of motor vehicle license taxes on trucks and trailers
collected in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Tangipahoa, and St. Tammany
parishes to the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF).
Proposed law terminates the 50% dedication to the TTF in present law beginning on July 1, 2018,
and instead dedicates to the TTF the remaining motor vehicle license taxes on trucks and trailers
collected in Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Tangipahoa, and St. Tammany parishes, net
of allocations to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund (BSRF), state highway fund No. 2, New
Orleans Ferry Fund, and the newly created Jefferson Parish Maintenance and Improvement Fund.
Proposed law creates the Jefferson Parish Maintenance and Improvement Fund (the parish fund) as
a special treasury fund. Dedicates 15% of the motor vehicle license taxes on trucks and trailers
collected in Jefferson Parish, net of allocations to the BSRF and state highway fund No. 2, into the
parish fund for appropriation to the parish governing authority for maintenance and improvements
of state highways and non-federal aid routes in Jefferson Parish.
Present law (R.S. 48:25.2) dedicates a portion of the motor vehicle license tax on trucks and trailers
collected in Orleans Parish to the New Orleans Ferry Fund. Present law, creating the New Orleans
Ferry Fund, terminates on June 30, 2018.
Proposed law repeals the termination date of the New Orleans Ferry Fund in present law.
Repeal of the termination of the New Orleans Ferry Fund effective upon signature of the governor.
Remaining provisions of proposed law effective July 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 47:481 and R.S. 48:196(A)(intro. para.) and 197; Repeals R.S. 48:25.2(D))