Plan for Hillsborough's frozen tax funds revealed

Catch up quick: Hillsborough voters passed a one-cent sales tax in 2018 to ease the county's transportation woes by widening roads, fixing bridges and more.

• Florida's high court slammed the brakes on the tax because it limited how the Board of County Commissioners could use the revenue.
• The ruling didn't address what to do with the millions already collected. The funds remained unspent for two years as the Legislature mulled over a solution.

State of play: Florida lawmakers revealed their plan for the funds this week — and it's not what most people, including the governor, expected.

• The plan, tucked in this year's budget proposal, splits the cash three ways: $256 million for road projects, $171 million for legal costs, and $162 million for a sales tax holiday.

What's next: The budget proposal faces its final stop on Friday.