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Lawmakers To Meet To Negotiate Road And Bridge Funding Hike

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers are scheduled to meet to hash out differences between the South Dakota House and Senate on a proposal to hike road and bridge funding.

Legislators are expected to meet to negotiate on Thursday about the proposal, which House lawmakers changed before passing it.

The proposal the House took up is a modified version of the transportation plan that Gov. Dennis Daugaard originally proposed and that the Senate had passed. It raises road and bridge funding through increases in fuel taxes, fees and other assessments.

A House committee on Monday amended the bill to further raise vehicle license plate fees and limited future revenue by reducing the number of years that the gas tax would increase from eight to three.

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