HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-037RESOLUTION 4� 37
WHEREAS, the Federal Government collects over 4. 3 billion dollars
annually in gasoline and other automotive taxes for Federal --aid highway im-
provements; and
WHEREAS, only sixty per cent (60%) of these funds are placed in the High-
way Trust Fund for Federal -aid highway improvements, and the other forty per
cent (4016), which amounts to over 1. 7 billion dollars annually, is diverted to the
General Fund and used for other than road purposes; and
WHEREAS, this diversion of motor funds is depriving the motorists of
almost 60, 000 miles of road improvements annually; and
WHEREAS, the House Committee of Ways and Means of Congress has before
it for consideration H. R. No. 8612, entitled "A National Home Rule Road Program,
which provides for amendments to the Federal Aid Acts and Gasoline and Motor
Vehicle Tax Acts, to require that all Federal gasoline and automotive taxes be
placed in the Highway Trust Fund to be used exclusively for highway purposes; and
WHEREAS, said program will provide that sixty per cent (6016) of the Trust
Fund, the same amount that now is used, shall be allocated for improvements on
the Federal -aid Highway System; and the forty per cent (401/'o) that now is diverted
shall be allocated to the states for the improvement of state and local roads; one-
half of the funds to be used for state roads, the other half to be allocated by the
states for the improvement of the local roads and streets in the Counties and cities;
and
WHEREAS, enactment of the National Home Rule Road Bill, H. R. No. 8612,
will end the federal diversion of motor revenues, help restore national prosperity,
provide employment for hundreds of thousands of men in the greatest state and
local road improvement program in our nation's history, promote the civic welfare
of every community and state in the nation, and help to reduce our state and local
road tax burden; therefore be it
RESOLVED, that we endorse the National Horne Rule Road Bill, H. R. No.
8612, and inform our United States Senators and our Representatives in Congress of
our action, and request their aid and influence in getting the bill reported from the
House Committee of Ways and Means for prompt action by Congress; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to United
States Senators Spessard L. Holland and George A. Smathers, Senate Office
Building, Washington, D. C., and to Congressm:z>> Paul G.._gogers ,
House Office Building, Washington, D. C. , and to our local newspapers, radio and
television stations, to our Motor Clubs, Chambers of Commerce and other civic
groups for their information and cooperation.
Passed at a regular meeting of the _Board of County Commissioners
of the County of Indian River in the State of Florida on the 22nd. day
of May 1962.
Chairman
x Clerk