Transportation
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Copies of the reports listed below may be obtained by contacting the office at 517.373.8080 or contacting Kathryn Bateson.
Questions on the following documents should be directed to William E. Hamilton, Fiscal Analyst for the Transportation budget.
Key Documents and Links
Archives
Transportation Minutes Archives
Transportation Testimony Archives
FY 2026-27 Appropriation Bill Summaries
- Summary: Executive Recommendation
- Line Item Decision Document
- Boilerplate Decision Document
- Summary: As Reported by House Subcommittee
- MDOT Budget Bill: HB 5615(H-1): As Reported by House Subcommittee
- Summary: As Passed by the House
- Summary: As Passed by the Senate
Special Reports
2025
- Transportation-Related Impacts of the October 2025 Transportation Funding Package November 20, 2025. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memorandum focuses on the transportation-related fiscal impacts of the package for an initial 12-month period, as well as the partial-year impacts in FY 2025-26.
- Fiscal Brief: Motor Fuel Taxes, Sales Tax on Motor Fuels, and Methods of Tax Collection May 21, 2024 (As Edited February 24, 2025). Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This publication reviews the history of motor fuel taxes in Michigan, including the legal authorities for motor fuel taxes, the method of tax collection, and the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue. It also describes other taxes and fees imposed on the sale of motor fuel in Michigan, including Michigan's general sales tax.
- Fiscal Brief: MTF Distribution Formula to Local Road Agencies - Update
February 21, 2025. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This updated publication describes the factors that govern the distribution of Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF) revenue to local road agencies (county road commissions and cities/villages). The publication includes a flowchart showing the estimated distribution of MTF revenue for FY 2024-25. The publication also includes tables showing the history of MTF revenue and distribution from FY 1996-97 through FY 2024-25.
2024
- Fiscal Brief: Motor Fuel Taxes, Sales Tax on Motor Fuels, and Methods of Tax Collection May 21, 2024 (As Edited December 2, 2024). Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This publication reviews the history of motor fuel taxes in Michigan, including the legal authorities for motor fuel taxes, the method of tax collection, and the distribution of motor fuel tax revenue. It also describes other taxes and fees imposed on the sale of motor fuel in Michigan, including Michigan's general sales tax.
- Fiscal Brief: State Transportation Bonds and Debt Service - Summary
March 14, 2024. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This updated publication reviews the constitutional and statutory authority for the Michigan Department of Transportation's bond program. The publication also identifies outstanding transportation debt as of September 30, 2023, related debt service, and recent bond sales under the Rebuilding Michigan bond program. - Fiscal Brief: MTF Distribution Formula to Local Road Agencies - Update March 14, 2024. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This updated publication describes the factors that govern the distribution of Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF) revenue to local road agencies (county road commissions and cities/villages). The publication includes a flowchart showing the estimated distribution of MTF revenue for FY 2023-24. The publication also includes tables showing the history of MTF revenue and distribution from FY 1996-97 through FY 2023-24.
2023
- Fiscal Brief: The Comprehensive Transportation Fund (CTF) and State Support for Local Public Transportation August 8, 2023. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This publication describes the sources and distribution of the state-restricted Comprehensive Transportation Fund, including the use of fund revenue for operating and capital assistance to local public transit agencies in Michigan.
- Fiscal Brief: Federal Aid in Michigan's Transportation Budget - Focus on the Federal-Aid Highway Program March 31, 2023. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This Fiscal Brief explains the use of federal-aid in Michigan’s transportation budget, with a focus on the federal-aid highway program and the allocation of federal-aid highway funds to local road agencies. This publication updates a 2019 Fiscal Brief: Allocation of Federal Aid to Local Road Agencies, to reflect the reauthorization of the federal-aid surface transportation program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
- Fiscal Brief: MTF Distribution Formula to Local Road Agencies - Update February 20, 2023. Prepared by William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This updated publication describes the factors that govern the distribution of Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF) revenue to local road agencies (county road commissions and cities/villages).
- Legislative Snapshot: Special Cause Fundraising License Plates January 2023