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Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
The Hennepin County Board
of Commissioners hosted a public hearing today before the Public Works
Committee to take public comment on the imposition and potential uses of a new
sales tax.
View full details in the
county’s sales and use transportation tax implementation plan.
The hearing will continue
before the board on Tuesday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m., in the board room (A-2400)
of the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis.
About the tax plan
The board is considering a new sales tax of up to one-half cent
to fund transportation and transit projects.
This tax would replace the current one-quarter cent sales tax
imposed by the county for the Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB).
An existing $20 excise tax on new car sales would continue under
the proposed new plan.
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