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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 21 – Hwy construction, federal aid

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 21

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HJM021..............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION - FEDERAL AID - Stating findings of the Legislature
and urging the Congress of the United States to enact legislation setting
the level of obligations for federal aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for fiscal year 2003 at not less than $8.6 billion
above the level set in the proposed fiscal year 2003 federal budget, in
order to continue the full benefit of transportation investments at fiscal
year 2002 levels and avoid job losses.
                                                                        
03/01    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/04    Rpt prt - to Transp
03/05    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/06    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/14    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
03/14    To enrol
03/15    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/15    To Secretary of State

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 21
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED  STATES  IN  CONGRESS
  3        ASSEMBLED,  AND  TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
  4        IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  5        We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of  the
  6    State  of  Idaho  assembled  in  the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
  7    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS, federal highway program annual funding levels for the states  are
  9    tied to estimates of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) receipts made at the time of
 10    enactment  of  the  Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in
 11    1998, and the funding levels are adjusted each  year  to  reflect  the  actual
 12    receipts  into  the  HTF  in  previous  years and projected revenues in future
 13    years; and
 14        WHEREAS, the annual calculation of the adjustment  to  funding  levels  is
 15    known as Revenue Aligned Budget Authority (RABA); and
 16        WHEREAS,  during  the three-year period of fiscal year 2000 through fiscal
 17    year 2002, the states received an additional $9.0 billion in  highway  funding
 18    through RABA, creating the expectation among the public and in the transporta-
 19    tion  industry  that  these  higher levels of funding and highway project con-
 20    struction would be maintained; and
 21        WHEREAS, for fiscal year 2003 the RABA calculation will reduce the highway
 22    program funding levels by $8.6 billion below the fiscal year 2002 levels,  and
 23    reduce  Idaho's  federal highway program funds by over $50 million from fiscal
 24    year 2002 levels, a reduction of nearly thirty percent from the previous year;
 25    and
 26        WHEREAS, a reduction in highway funding of this magnitude in  fiscal  year
 27    2003  will have a large impact on the economy of the nation and on each of the
 28    states, resulting in an estimated loss of 361,000 jobs nationwide, and of over
 29    2,100 jobs in Idaho; and
 30        WHEREAS, there is currently a $20 billion surplus in the HTF which can  be
 31    used to make up for this loss in highway funding in fiscal year 2003.
 32        NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
 33    sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House  of  Representatives  and
 34    the  Senate  concurring therein, that we hereby respectfully urge the Congress
 35    of the United States to enact legislation setting the level of obligations for
 36    federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for  fiscal  year
 37    2003  at not less than $8.6 billion above the level set in the proposed fiscal
 38    year 2003 federal budget in order to continue the full benefit of  transporta-
 39    tion investments at fiscal year 2002 levels and avoid job losses.
 40        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
 41    tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of  this
 42    Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
 43    sentatives  of  Congress,  and  the  congressional delegation representing the
 44    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                               
                           RS 12169
                               
                             
                               
A memorial to Congress asking Congress to set the level of
obligations for FY03 Federal-Aid Highway and Highway Safety
Construction programs at not less than $8.6 billion above the level
set in the proposed FY03 federal budget.


                         FISCAL IMPACT
                               
Without this action by Congress, the anticipated deficit could
be $51.1 million in FY03 down from FY02 for the Idaho Transportation
Department and local highway jurisdictions.





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Name:   Representative Wood
Phone:  332-1212
          




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                  Bill No. HJM 21    
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