Tolls rebate program added to $117.5B budget deal
Florida lawmakers are poised to pass a $117.5 billion budget, after last-minute negotiations that included a one-year toll rebate program and hundreds of millions of dollars in supplemental funding for member projects.
The budget (HB 5001) is for the fiscal year that begins July 1, and totals $963 million more than the current year, or less than 1%.
House Speaker Paul Renner repeatedly warned of the need to show restraint in spending, as federal COVID-19 funds expired and state revenue growth slows, but lawmakers included a $450 million toll rebate program in the final stages of budget talks.
The exact parameters of the program will be included in an amendment to the tax cut package (HB 7073...
