Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle has introduced legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to tax themselves to fund road improvements in their county. The penny sales tax measure needs two-thirds approval from both houses of the Legislature and approval from voters in a statewide referendum. Eighty percent of the money generated by a county sales tax would go towards local transportation projects, while the remaining twenty percent would fund statewide transit needs. Under the plan, local governments would decide whether to put a tax measure before voters.
