ROAD REVENUE SOURCES FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The author suggests that the State of Indiana consider a number of revenue sources in the light of the reduction in Federal highway funding. One is that the various counties raise their local vehicle taxes. This would be a signal to the state legislature that the counties were willing to share the load in raising money for highways, thus making passage of an increased gasoline sales tax more likely. Gasoline sales tax receipts could be transferred to the state's road and street programs. Alternatively, they could finance the State Police, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and other agencies whose budgets are now underwritten, all or in part, with off-the-top tax collection going into the Motor Vehicle Highway Account. This would free up about $50 million annually for road maintenance and improvement. Other possibilities include the county cumulative bridge funds municipal bonds and reconsideration of some of the toll road proposal of recent years.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the 68th Annual Road School, Purdue University, March 9-11, 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907
• Authors:
  • Graham, A
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-45
• Serial:
  • Engineering Bulletin of Purdue University
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Purdue University

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bonds; Costs; Financing; Gasoline; Highway maintenance; Highways; Local government; Motor vehicles; Police traffic services; Registrations; State government; State highway departments; Taxation; Toll roads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382959
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM