TOPEKA — Kansas Transportation Secretary Mike King criticized a bill today that the Kansas House of Representatives is considering that would divert sales tax revenue scheduled to begin flowing to KDOT July 1. Legislators have been scrambling to plug a looming funding gap caused by eliminating the state income tax. Losing sales tax revenue would reduce KDOT’s revenues by nearly $382 million over the next two years, King said. This is in addition to proposed transfers from the state highway fund of nearly $300 million. King says preventing KDOT from getting the sales tax money would have serious consequences for the T-Works Program as early as this summer. The bill is House Substitute for Senate Bill 84.
Updated 3/18/13 @ 10:50 pm
