LA House Votes To Limit Diversions On Gasoline Tax Spending

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House wants to put the brakes on spending state gasoline tax money for items other than roadwork.

         Lawmakers voted 92-5 Tuesday for a proposal by Rep. Terry Landry, a New Iberia Democrat, that would cap the dollars that can be diverted from the gas tax trust fund to state police operations each year.

         Under Landry's bill, up to $40 million from the trust fund could be spent on state police in the fiscal year that begins July 1. A year later, that would drop to $25 million. After that, it would be limited to $10 million annually.

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         Louisiana has a $12 billion backlog of transportation projects. Landry called it bad policy to shift dollars away from the needed work.

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