PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Gov. Dan McKee's new budget proposal includes millions of dollars in new revenue from truck tolls, which state officials now say will have no special carveout for local companies following a recent court decision. While state budget officials wouldn't say exactly when the tolls would turn on again, they expect it will happen sometime during the fiscal year that begins July 1. They project collecting $10 million in the first fiscal year, when tolls will only be on for part of the year, and $40 million the next, their first full year back in operation. "I'm not going to speak to a particular timeline, but when we discussed $10 million... [the R.I. Department of Transportation] thought that was achievable," said Brian Daniels, director of the R.I. Office of Management and Budget, during a budget briefing with reporters. The revenue projections were outlined in McKee's proposed $14.2 billion tax-and-spending plan unveiled Thursday. The state is currently preparing to resume tolling on large trucks after a nearly three-year hiatus caused by legal challenges from the trucking industry, which argued the tolls were unconstitutional. Last year, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state, allowing Rhode Island to turn the tolls back on. Tolling had been halted by a court-ordered injunction in 2022. But the appellate court last year ruled the initial law -- which provided a discount for local companies over out-of-state truckers -- wasn't allowed under the Constitution. State officials said the goal now is to remain compliant with that ruling, so there wasn't any break proposed for local truckers. "The cap, as you know, was ruled unconstitutional -- we don't have anything in the budget on that," Daniels said, although he noted that that the full-year projection of $40 million matches what the state had been collecting from its multi-tiered rates before the tolls stopped. Theoretically, without the discount, revenue would increase. But Daniels said keeping the assumptions level gives the state wiggle room in case officials want to charge lower rates for all trucks. "One thing we need to be careful about the court decision is not disproportionately benefiting one group over another, but this gives us some opportunity to figure out what's the best way to do it in an equitable way," Daniels said. Rhode Island first implemented truck tolls in 2016 as part of the RhodeWorks infrastructure program under then-Gov. Gina Raimondo. Rhode Island spent about $603,000 on outside legal counsel to fight the trucking industry, according to a state spokesperson. Daniels said RIDOT is currently working to inspect tolling equipment, some of which needs to be upgraded. The state is also working on some back-end system upgrades and software contracts, which need to be put into place before the tolls can resume. McKee and House Speaker Joe Shekarchi previously have not provided a specific timeline for when the tolls will resume. Eli Sherman ([email protected]) is a Target 12 investigative reporter for 12 News. Connect with him on Twitter and on Facebook. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily Roundup SIGN UP NOW