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Only $256 million of the $589 million collected from the tax will go toward road improvements in Hillsborough County.
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Speaking to the Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, they say they will focus on the now-defunct Hillsborough transportation tax and homeowners insurance.
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The issue of how to distribute the $570 million will be taken up during the 2024 legislative session.
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The 2018 transportation sales tax raised $570 million before the Florida Supreme Court declared it illegal. Commissioners want to address several road construction projects.
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The money was held in escrow since a judge ruled the sales tax approved by voters in 2018 was null and void after being challenged by then-County Commissioner Stacy White.
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An appeal comes with an automatic stay of the judge's ruling that invalidated the referendum — but the stay can also be appealed.
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The advocacy group All for Transportation worked to get the amendment on the November 2018 ballot. It passed with 57% of the vote.
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Transportation planners in Hillsborough County laid out how they would spend money from a proposed one cent sales tax increase on Thursday, with little…