Current Legislative Proposals to Increase State DOT Budgets

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From Texas:

Texas voters this fall will be able to decide whether to give counties authorization to use bonds for transportation work in certain areas. Limitations would be included.

The Texas Legislature acted earlier this year to approve HJR99 to add the bond question to the Nov. 2 ballot. Any effort to amend the state's constitution requires a two-thirds supermajority vote for consideration on a ballot.

Texas statute already authorizes an incorporated city or town to issue bonds or notes to finance development of "an unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted area."  Localities can increase property tax revenue in the area to repay the bonds.

The legislatively referred constitutional amendment, Proposition 2, would add counties to the political entities authorized to issue bonds or notes for the same purpose.

- https://landline.media/texas-voters-to-decide-on-transportation-bonds/

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Wow it looks like Oregon had a 5 year bill to inject over 750 billion dollars into surface transportation and water infrastructure but didn't go anywhere this year. Anyone in Oregon have any thoughts on it?

https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/20/defazio-looks-to-try-again-on-his-progressive-transportation-agenda/

[jeffandnicole]

Wow it looks like Oregon had a 5 year bill to inject over 750 billion dollars into surface transportation and water infrastructure but didn't go anywhere this year. Anyone in Oregon have any thoughts on it?

https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/20/defazio-looks-to-try-again-on-his-progressive-transportation-agenda/

It's an Oregon politician proposing adding money into a federal transportation bill. He's not trying to spend $750 billion in Oregon alone.

[Plutonic Panda]

Wow it looks like Oregon had a 5 year bill to inject over 750 billion dollars into surface transportation and water infrastructure but didn't go anywhere this year. Anyone in Oregon have any thoughts on it?

https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/20/defazio-looks-to-try-again-on-his-progressive-transportation-agenda/

It's an Oregon politician proposing adding money into a federal transportation bill. He's not trying to spend $750 billion in Oregon alone.

I misunderstood that. I was about to say that was an extremely ambitious proposal.

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Louisiana:

https://www.kplctv.com/2021/08/24/louisiana-dotd-proposes-infrastructure-investment-jobs-act/