DALLAS — Several cities within Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) service area have voted to support cutting the amount of sales tax revenue they send to the transit agency.
Most of DART’s revenue comes from a penny sales tax contribution from DART’s 13 member cities (Addison, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Garland, Glenn Heights, Highland Park, Irving, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett and University Park).
Here’s a running list of the municipalities that have voted in support of reducing the amount of sales tax revenue they send to DART, as of Aug. 8.
- Highland Park
- Plano (the largest contributor to DART behind Dallas)
- Irving
- Rowlett
- Carrollton
- Farmers Branch
University Park also considered but postponed a resolution in July supporting capping the sales and use tax revenue that the city sends to DART.
“If the board of directors decides to do that, it has to be done to all 13 cities and that is not on the table right now.”
Such votes are symbolic for now as the member cities don’t have the authority to unilaterally reduce their tax rates. The 15-member DART board of directors is the only entity that can reduce the tax rate levied on all service-area cities.
“If the board of directors decides to do that, it has to be done to all 13 cities and that is not on the table right now,” DART executive vice president and chief communications officer Jeamy Molina previously told WFAA.
Other cities, such as Richardson and Garland, though, haven’t supported cutting funding to DART.
