Courtesy of Jeff Schapiro, in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch:
On Page 104 of the Republican transportation bill, there’s a reference to a section of state law that doesn’t exist.
This is no small screwup. The bungled language designates for roads an uncertain source of cash: $57 million to $108 million from stiff fines on lousy drivers.
Because of the blunder, the money goes into a black hole.
More of the blunders with the Transportation Compromise bill (AKA Bill Howell’s Tax Increase) have been documented in this blog previously. For example:
- The Single Object Rule
- Another Reason to Worry About the GA Transportation Plan
- Building Roads With Regressive Taxes
- The Equal Protection Clause
Given the many legal and constitutional questions surrounding this bill, one can’t help but wonder: Can’t our representatives in the General Assembly get anything done right?
Makes one wonder how many other bills get enacted into law with similar problems and legal questions that aren’t known or reported because they’re not receiving enough attention?