Legislative Watch 
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5/9/06-The Legislature approved an amendment to the state’s constitution that would authorize further protections to ensure state fuel taxes are spent on transportation.
In 2002, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 42 requiring fuel pump sales tax revenues to be used solely for transportation. However, that law allows the governor and state lawmakers to divert the money in the case of a fiscal emergency.
The proposed amendment – SCA7 – would limit the number of times lawmakers could dip into those revenues for the state budget and require them to repay the money within a few years.
The proposal now heads to voters in a statewide election.
