Road Use Tax Fund

The gallery response to the transfer from the Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF) was exceptionally quiet. Although there doesn’t appear to be support for the Governor’s proposal to shift $50 million from the RUTF to the State Patrol, the issue remains a concern if money is needed to balance the state’s budget.  A county by county estimate of revenue reductions resulting from the shift is available on the Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau (ICEASB) web site, www.iceasb.org/. Overall for FY 2011, secondary road funding would decrease $12.2 million, farm-to-market funding would decrease $3.9 million, and transfer of jurisdiction and farm-to-market extension revenues would decrease by an estimated 4.5%.  Contact your county engineer and make sure they’ve reported the condition of their road budget to the ICEASB.