Police and parks may receive millions of dollars in funding from Idaho’s gas tax for another year.
Idaho lawmakers are set to delay a law passed last year that would remove funding from the state’s gas tax intended for use by the Idaho State Police and Department of Parks and Recreation. The Senate Transportation Committee sent the measure to the full Senate on Thursday. It has already won House approval.
Last year, lawmakers approved a plan to remove ISP and Parks and Rec from the gas tax, which would shift $20 million to highway construction. A task force of lawmakers was charged with finding alternate funding sources for police and parks. For now, that panel agreed that the two state agencies should keep receiving money from the gas tax. (IdahoReporter.com)
