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► JU L 14 1987 BOOK Commissioner Bowman asked if the federal government is saying that if they do this, it would preclude the states from raising their fuel tax, and Chairman Scurlock said no, but the effect of it is that the more you allow the federal government to do this, the less ability the state has to do the same. ON MOTION by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Com- missioner Bird, the Board unanimously adopted Reso- lution 87-67 expressing opposition to an increase in federal motor fuel taxes for deficit reduction purposes. RESOLUTION NO. 87-67 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL MOTOR FUEL TAXES' FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States is proposing to increase motor fuel taxes for the purpose of reducing the federal deficit; and WHEREAS, motor fuel taxes are, in fact, user fees which should be dedicated to the- maintenance and expansion of the public infrastructure from the use of which such revenues are derived; and WHEREAS, the rebuilding of public infrastructure is of paramount importance to continued economic and social development; and WHEREAS, Florida's high growth rate will require the state and local governments to use additional motor fuel tax revenue to fund $52 billion of infrastructure projects during the next ten years; and WHEREAS, additional federal motor fuel taxes would effectively preempt a desperately needed source of revenue for infrastructure within Florida; and WHEREAS, tourism, the largest industry in Florida, would be severely and unfairly impacted by additional federal motor fuel taxes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Congress of the United States develop alternative policies to reduce the federal deficit in lieu of an increase in the federal tax on motor fuels. _Y 88 L