MSN: Va. to refund some road fees, taxes

[Coooleeey]

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Refunds of taxes and fees collected unconstitutionally for northern Virginia road projects are on their way back to those who paid them.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Tuesday signed a bill passed this year that sets up procedures for returning money collected by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority.

Among the refunds:

_ The Department of Motor Vehicles will return the 1 percent initial registration fee on new vehicles and the $10 regional registration fee.

_ Circuit Court clerks will work to return the grantor's tax paid on real estate sales.

_ The Treasury Department will return the 2 percent levy on car rentals and hotel rooms, the $10 boost in safety inspection fees and the 5 percent sales tax applied to car repairs.

The legislation followed a Virginia Supreme Court ruling on Feb. 29 that concluded that because NVTA was governed by an unelected board, it could not legally collect taxes.

The ruling gutted NVTA and a similar regional transportation taxing authority in Hampton Roads that were major pieces of the Transportation Funding Act of 2007. The centerpiece legislation of last year, it was the first major boost in funding for Virginia roads, rails and transit in a generation.

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Gimme back my money ya greedy pigs!

[Mark The Homer]

Maryland TAKES money from its citizens via speed cameras.

Virginia GIVES money back to its citizens via tax and fee refunds.

[DjTj]

Maryland TAKES money from its citizens via speed cameras.

Virginia GIVES money back to its citizens via tax and fee refunds.

Well, they're not so much giving it back, as being forced to pay it back after a group of citizens filed a lawsuit.

There's plenty of ways to get money out of Maryland too. For example, Peter Angelos is filing a lawsuit about home equity loans.