HB2109 passed out of the Senate Transportation Committee hearing this past week…. you have got to watch some of the testimony below…
House Passes Bill To Double Pima County’s RTA Sales Tax
In a bipartisan vote last week, the Arizona House passed HB2109 which doubles the Pima County-wide Regional Transportation Authority’s regressive sales tax if voters go along. The bill is now under consideration in the Senate.
HB2109, sponsored by Rep. T.J. Shope (LD- 8) was rejected by a majority of Republican House members.
The County had tried to pass the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) measure, which had failed “four times previously and was far behind in pre-election polls,” but “succeeded in 2006 because of fraud,” according to the Arizona Republic.