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H.J.R. 8

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JOINT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO ELIMINATE

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TRANSPORTATION EARMARKING THAT OVERRIDES

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STATE TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES

             4     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Julie Fisher

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Senate Sponsor: Scott K. Jenkins

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             9      LONG TITLE
             10      General Description:
             11          This joint resolution of the Legislature urges the United States Congress to eliminate
             12      the practice of earmarking transportation funds, which restricts the ability of states to
             13      address their transportation priorities.
             14      Highlighted Provisions:
             15          This resolution:
             16          .    urges Congress to end the practice of earmarking transportation funds granted to
             17      states for transportation needs because it significantly restricts a state's ability to
             18      fund its own transportation priorities.
             19      Special Clauses:
             20          None
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             22      Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          WHEREAS, the United States Congress, through the federal budget process, can
             24      specify how states spend the highway funds they receive through federal appropriations;
             25          WHEREAS, earmarking funds requires states to fund the programs, projects, and
             26      initiatives that Congress considers priorities;
             27          WHEREAS, the transportation projects that Congress chooses to earmark for a state


             28      often do not reflect the priorities of the state's elected officials;
             29          WHEREAS, earmarking federal funds frequently hampers the ability of a state to
             30      complete transportation projects that it considers most vital because limited funding is diverted
             31      by earmarking to less critical projects;
             32          WHEREAS, Congress should provide states more control in determining how federal
             33      taxes, paid by its citizens, are used when those funds return to the state in the form of
             34      transportation funding; and
             35          WHEREAS, eliminating earmarking of transportation funds would enable a state to
             36      make its transportation priorities a reality:
             37          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah
             38      urges the United States Congress to eliminate the practice of earmarking transportation funds
             39      that it grants to states.
             40          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Majority
             41      Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
             42      the President of the United States, the United States Department of Transportation, the Utah
             43      Department of Transportation, and to the members of Utah's congressional delegation.




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