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Budget Amendments - HB1400 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Marshall, Robert
No Funds to Promote Bi County Pkwy (language only)

Item 4-5.11 #2h

Item 4-5.11 #2h

Special Conditions and Restrictions on Expenditures
Limitations on Uses of Highway Funds

Language
Page 550, after line 11, insert:
"None of the funding appropriated in this Act may be used to promote or support the proposed Bi-County Parkway by the Department of Transportation or by any private entity under contract with the Department.  This restriction includes the use of funds for television, radio, newspaper, or other forms of advertising and includes the creation and distribution of door-hangers or other public information pieces designed to promote or support the proposed project."


Explanation
(This amendment prohibits the use of any state funding to promote the Bi-County Parkway, whether by the Department of Transportation or by a private entity.)