Show FOUR MILLION SPENT IN 48 ON roxas ROADS I 1 J S utah cities and counties spent nearly four million dollars for construction st and maintenance of local roads and streets in according to an analysis by utah foundation the nonprofit non profit tax tai research agency one third of the amount was provided front from the state motor motoi vehicle registration legi fund counties and cities now receive the entire revenue froidl motor motoi vehicle licenses after costs of collection and administration of the fund are paid front its it through 1111 the legislature Legisla tuie apar opria ted soo annually from the plate money to local governments for foi class 13 county roads loads and class C city cit streets the allocation was upped to at adoo 1 for and to for ak under the im 1919 law earmarking eai marking the entire registration fees for B and C roads loads cities and counties received aa million millian including distribution of the carryover balance ili in the fund allocations for foi fiscal ano amount to 1 til I 6 3 s S sa 1 cities provided WOHN for foi street purposes pui poses from general tax revenues in elx ift while counties supplied Sll rH from taxes for foi county roads loads prior to ill property taxes provided almost the entire revenue for foi all roads loads streets ets and highways the responsibility le testing resting with the counties to supply funds to the state toi for state stat highway expenditures the fasce gasoline tax was enacted in TJ 1923 to re ie lieve tile the property pio perty taxpayer of the state highway burden the utah foundation report points out while the legislature Legisla tuie empowered the state road commission to adopt regulations pertaining to tile the expenditure exit of the license plate funds by cities and counties and to require uniform accounting for foi such funds no ML method ethod of insuring injuring compliance with such regulations was provided the state broad commission was also authorized to make its technical facilities engineering testing planning available to local units in in their road load and e t programs however state fac facilities i il i are overtaxed to meet state highway requirements with the that proper engineering and technical direction of city citi ind and county road load e expenditures altures ol r tures tile aie lacking utah foundation I ourn analysts declare the foundation study suggests that more moie adequate II planning anning and engineering direction bo be provided through cooped active arrangements among cities and counties countie where employment of a full time time e engineer n g i inot by a single unit is is n not practicable |