On the heels of yet another $250 million revenue writedown, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee’s budget report voted on Friday, March 8 did not adopt a recommendation to cut local Highway User Revenues (HURs) to 9.6% indefinitely.

Local governments currently receive 15.6% of Highway User Revenues, 2.4% of which is dedicated to municipalities. That figure was scheduled to increase due to MML priority legislation passed a few years ago. The DLS recommended cut to 9.6% is consistent with the major cuts made in 2009 that saw municipalities receive just 0.4%.

While the Committee did not adopt the DLS recommendation, they did codify the Governor’s December announcement to cut the scheduled FY 26 and FY 27 increases.

MML will continue to advocate to keep those increases in out-year budgets.

If you have any questions about the Budget or BRFA, please contact Justin Fiore at [email protected].