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The Nevada Independent

Rhonda Gallant

Lawmakers free up $58 million through full sweep of car registration fees; hold initial hearing on major budget reductions

An amendment dropped late Wednesday in the state Senate to SB3 will pull the entirety of the state's Governmental Services Tax (assessed on car registration fees) toward the battered state general fund, which is one of the changes expected to add back $58.6 million to the state's $1.2 billion budget shortfall. Gov. Steve Sisolak's original budget proposal called for that tax revenue stream to be split between the general fund and the state's highway fund.

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