T-SPLOST

Analysis of TSPLOST Impact on Counties

by Bill Evelyn

HB277 Transportation Act 2010-2030

Agenda

What is T-SPLOST? How the Money Flows. Impact to Forsyth County. Calculations. Home Rule Voter Disenfranchisement.

Purpose

Illustrate the impact of T-SPLOST on Georgia's Counties and the citizens.

There is a money problem.

What is T-SPLOST

T-SPLOST is a 1% sales tax to be used for infrastructure and transportation projects.

Georgia is divided into 12 Regions.

Forsyth County is in Georgia Mountains Region - #2

How are funds divided within the Georgia Mountains Region?

20% is based on population in the region.

80% is based on the road miles in the region.

https://etax.dor.ga.gov/STDistribution/Default.aspx

Money Flows

People pay 1% tax

100% to GDOT25% returned

Total $91,000,000 Returned $22,769,106

Forsyth gets 14% of their taxes returned.

Total Dollars Collected in Region 2

25% Returned to the Region 75% Into a Bureaucracy Slush Fund$89,469,223

$22,367,305 $67,101,917

Population Payment

28.42% or $1,294,019

Road Miles Payment

14.74% or $2,684,306

** $3,978,306 **

$3,978,306 / $29,071,380 = 13.68%

20%

80%

$4,553,821 $18,215,284.80

Calculations

STEP 1: Total Regional Collections: _________________

STEP 2: 25% to be re distributed: _________________

STEP 3: 20% of your population: _________________

STEP 4: 80% of your road miles: _________________

STEP 5: Add STEP 3 and STEP 4: _________________ (guarantee)

STEP 6: Forsyth Tax Collections ________________

STEP 7: Divide STEP 5 into STEP 6: _________________

(percentage you are guaranteed to get back)

Projects

RC02-000016 Freedom Parkway Sidewalk - SR 306 to Pilgrim Mill Road

RC02-000017 GRTA Regional Vanpool Service - Georgia Mountains Region

RC02-000018 Intersection Improvement - SR 20 at Kelly Mill Road

RC02-000013 Bethelview Road - Castleberry Road to State Route 20

RC02-000014 Brookwood Road - SR 141 to McGinnis Ferry Road

RC02-000021 Majors Road Sidewalk - SR 141 to Ronald Reagan Boulevard

RC02-000022 (CST only) Old Atlanta Road, Phase 3 - James Burgess Road to McGinnis Ferry Road

RC02-000024 Pilgrim Mill Road - City Limits to Freedom Parkway

RC02-000019 Intersection Improvement - SR 20 at Veterans Memorial Blvd

RC02-000020 Intersection Improvement - SR 20 at West Maple St

Projects

RC02-000026 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Segment 2 - McFarland Parkway to Shiloh Road

RC02-000028 SR 369 at Mount Tabor Road

RC02-000055 Widening SR 371 - SR 9 to Kelly Mill Road

RC02-000059 Widening SR 9, Segment 3 - SR 371 to SR 141

RC02-000062 Xpress Regional Commuter Service - Georgia Mountains

RC02-000034 SR 9 Widening - SR 20 to SR 306

RC02-000042 Widening McGinnis Ferry Road – Sargent

RC02-000034 SR 9 Widening - SR 20 to SR 306

RC02-000042 Widening McGinnis Ferry Road - Sargent Road to Union Hill Road

RC02-000053 Widening SR 369 - SR 9 to SR 306 (Includes New Interchange at SR 400

Percentage of Taxes Constributed

1.8%3.4%

3.3%

3.6%

5.6%

3.7%

3.2%

3.3%

3.2%

27.2%

6.2%

31.9%

3.5%

Percentage of Taxes Contributing to Region

Towns

Rabun

Lumpkin

White

Habersham

Stephen

Hart

Franklin

Banks

Hall

Dawson

Forsyth

Union

Percentage of Taxes Constributed

2.7% 1.9%

5.6%

5.9%

6.5%

3.9%

2.8%

2.3%1.0%

28.1%

3.9%

31.8%

3.8%

Percentage of TIA Returned from Region

Towns

Rabun

Lumpkin

White

Habersham

Stephen

Hart

Franklin

Banks

Hall

Dawson

Forsyth

Union

TSPLOST is a Rip off of the Taxpayers

Projects are for government special interests. County airports, municipalities, etc.

Home Rule in the Georgia Constitution is destroyed. There are rules and ordinances at the county and municipal level that are not duplicated at the Region Level.

Hurts poor, elderly, and infirm.

Home Rule and Voting

There are rules and ordinances at the county and municipal level that are not duplicated at the Region Level.

This new entity has the power of Eminent Domain.

This new entity has police power.

Forsyth County has no say in any decision.

Voter Disenfranchisement

Largest percentage of voter turn-out is in Forsyth, Hall, and Union account for 51,390 votes in 2010 Primary or 60% of the Region.

66% percent of the voters in all other counties must vote NO for T-SPLOST if Forsyth, Hall, and Union vote 60% YES.

Summary

There is a money problem. T-SPLOST is a 1% tax on all items except

motor gasoline. You will never get back what you collect. The voters are disenfranchised. What is a solution?

Increase the MUFT.

Cut costs at GDOT.

Increase the mix of excise and fuel sales tax to increase the MUFT from $21.2 cents to $50.1 cents. They would raise more money and those breaking up the roads, truckers and drivers, would contribute.

TSPLOST Bad

VOTE NO

TSPLOST