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Eyman's new initiative: Make lawmakers set tolls
Initiative guru Tim Eyman says he's pushing a statewide campaign this year to make sure that the Legislature - and not the governor's Transportation Commission - is responsible for setting highway tolls.
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It seems the public result of any Eyman initiative is to hold government accountable, n... (May 1, 2011, by C2H5OH)
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Initiative guru Tim Eyman says he's pushing a statewide campaign this year to make sure that the Legislature - and not the governor's Transportation Commission - is responsible for setting highway tolls.
Last year, Eyman's I-1053 passed, requiring that any new or increased fees require majority legislative approval. He says lawmakers violated that in the pending transportation budget by saying they would adopt whatever toll rates the commission deemed appropriate.
His new initiative - I-1125 - would require lawmakers to set tolls. It would reiterate that gas tax and toll revenue must be used on transportation spending, and it would bar tolls from one project from being used to pay for another. For example, if the state decides to put tolls on Interstate 90, that money couldn't be used to pay for the new Highway 520 bridge over Lake Washington.
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