HB 1389 -- Transportation Funding

Sponsor:  Bray

This bill is a comprehensive package relating to transportation
funding and related items.

The bill creates within the Office of Administration a Public
Capital Investment Board.  The board will consist of 19 members,
six of whom will be department directors, six citizen members,
the State Treasurer, and six municipal officials appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The board will advise the Governor and his cabinet on statewide
economic and quality of life goals and develop a coordinated,
statewide, interagency plan for the investment of public capital
toward achieving these goals.  The Highways and Transportation
Commission in cooperation with the regional planning commissions
and metropolitan planning organizations must develop a statewide
total transportation investment plan for the purpose of
determining priorities and allocating funds consistent with the
priorities, methodologies, and accountability mechanisms
established by the investment board.  The state transportation
plan must be approved by the Governor and the General Assembly.

The Transportation Sales Tax Fund is created to receive sales tax
revenues that support transportation needs.  Distribution of
moneys from the fund will be as follows:

(1)  66.5% will be used for public transportation to be allocated
to transit service providers for capital and operating assistance
based on service area population, employment, and passenger-miles
provided;

(2)  13% will be used for intercity rail facilities and services;

(3)  13% will be used for any transportation purpose and
allocated to cities and counties based on a formula which
considers population, employment, and lane-miles of local roads;

(4)  3% will be used for port facilities;

(5)  1.5% will be used for intercity bus facilities and services;

(6)  1.5% will be used for bicycle and pedestrian facilities; and

(7)  1.5% will be used to support activities of the Public
Capital Investment Board, regional planning commissions, and
metropolitan planning organizations for transportation planning.

The Transportation User Fee Fund is created.  Certain fuel tax
and user fees will be deposited in the fund for the support of
highways.  Moneys in the fund will be allocated as follows:

(1)  To cities and counties as required by constitutional
provisions relating to fuel tax, vehicle sales, and license fees;
and

(2)  To the Department of Transportation for expenditure in each
state highway district in an amount distributed through a formula
based on population, employment, principal arterial lane-miles,
and vehicle-miles traveled.

The bill also:

(1)  Increases the motor fuel tax by three cents per gallon,
phased in over three years;

(2)  Increases the state sales and use tax on tangible personal
property, excluding certain types of foods, by 0.25%;

(3)  Increases the sales tax on motor vehicle sales by 0.5%;

(4)  Removes the sales and use tax exemption of jet fuel;

(5)  Increases the membership of the Highways and Transportation
Commission from six to nine members, with one from each
congressional district;

(6)  Authorizes the Department of Transportation to use design-
build contracting methods for projects on the state highway
system;

(7)  Establishes requirements for the participation of
disadvantaged businesses in any program or project using funds
derived from the bill in accordance with federal laws and
regulations applying to the federal-aid highway program;

(8)  Gives the Highways and Transportation Commission
authorization for tolls on interstate highways.  These tolls will
have an $80 million cap adjusted annually based on the Consumer
Price Index.  Toll revenues collected will be deposited in the
Toll Road Fund;

(9)  Increases all license, title, permit, and registration fees
by 50% phased in over a two-year period;

(10)  Establishes new requirements for the competitive bidding
process in relation to selecting a vendor for the material used
to manufacture license plates;

(11)  Limits the number of characters on special personalized
license plates;

(12)  Requires all highways in the City of St. Louis which are
functionally classified as of January 1, 1999, by the Missouri
Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway
Administration as principal arterial highways to be considered
part of the state highway system; and

(13)  Allows for the designation and enforcement of the lawful
use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.

The bill contains a referendum clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:01 am