A local senator wants funds meant for highway and bridge improvement projects that were diverted to fund the state police to return to their original purpose at a faster rate.

State Sen. Joe Pittman, R-41st, will soon introduce legislation to reduce the amount of funding diverted from essential transportation projects to support state police operations.

Pittman’s legislation, if successful, would halve the time frame for reducing the diversion of money from the Motor License Fund to the state police.

The amount due to the state police would then be drawn from the general fund.

This is an excerpt of an article that will appear in Friday’s Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read more about the proposed legislation.

FB: State Sen. Joe Pittman is planning to introduce legislation to reduce the amount of funding diverted from essential transportation projects to support state police operations.