HB2106 amends Arizona’s county transportation excise tax statute to change how certain voter-approved transportation tax revenues are deposited and distributed. The bill keeps the existing framework that allows a countywide election to authorize a transportation excise tax, including taxes on business activity, certain rental classifications, and electricity or natural gas use, but it revises the revenue destination rules for counties of different population sizes. For counties over 400,000 people, net revenues would be deposited in the regional transportation fund; for counties with 400,000 or fewer people, revenues could go to the public transportation authority fund, the regional transportation fund, or be split between them. It also adds a provision directing any net revenues not otherwise distributed or refunded by April 10, 2026 to the Arizona Department of Transportation for county transportation projects.
Impact
The bill would amend A.R.S. § 42-6106, which governs county transportation excise taxes, by changing the statutory deposit and fallback distribution rules for tax revenues and by tying those rules to county population thresholds. It would not create a new tax, but it would affect how existing voter-approved county transportation excise tax proceeds are allocated among transportation-related funds and, in some cases, to ADOT for county projects. The bill also includes an emergency clause, meaning it was intended to take effect immediately if enacted.
Sentiment
The bill appears to have had some support in committee, advancing unanimously through the House Rural Economic Development Committee and the House Rules Committee, and it also received a committee-of-the-whole do-pass recommendation. However, it ultimately failed on third reading in the House by a 25-28 vote, indicating that support was not sufficient to pass the chamber. The available record suggests the proposal was viewed favorably by some members as a transportation funding measure, but not enough consensus existed for final approval.
Contention
The main point of contention appears to have been the reallocation of transportation excise tax revenues and the bill’s population-based treatment of counties. Members may have differed over whether revenues should be directed to regional transportation funds, public transportation authority funds, or the Department of Transportation, and over how much flexibility counties should have in using voter-approved tax proceeds. The failed floor vote suggests disagreement on the policy direction even though committee votes were unanimous.
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