Amends existing law to provide for the distribution of certain sales tax revenues to the transportation expansion and congestion mitigation fund and to local units of government for highway projects.

Current statutes allocate eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) to the state and up to sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) to local units of government of sales tax revenue for these purposes, for a total of one hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) each year. The Legislative Budget Book estimates that the local government share will reach forty-two million dollars ($42,000,000) in FY2026. This brings the program’s allocation to a total of one hundred twenty-two million dollars ($122,000,000) in FY2026. Under this legislation, the total allocation of sales tax revenue for these purposes increases to one hundred forty-five million dollars ($145,000,000) in FY2026; one hundred sixty-five million dollars ($165,000,000) in FY2027; and one hundred eighty-five million dollars ($185,000,000) in FY2028 and beyond. When compared to the figures in the Legislative Budget Book, these changes reduce revenue available to the state General Fund by twenty-three million dollars ($23,000,000) in F