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BILLS
* USA - Connecticut bills, Focus on trucks
Conn,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO,USA),by Keith Goble -Feb 7, 2007: -- Several bills have been introduced in Connecticut that address issues directly related to trucking in the state... Rep. Claire Janowski, D-Vernon, has introduced a bill that would allow truck drivers to use the left passing lane on Interstates 84, 95 and 91... Sponsored by Rep. Joseph Serra, D-Middletown, the bill would exempt the sales tax on parts and labor for repairs to trucks and motor vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds... Another bill would allow towns to levy a tax on each truckload of rocks, dirt or other materials removed from a construction site... A bill offered by Sen. Tony Guglielmo, R-Stafford, would require increased penalties for motor vehicle violations where certain trucks are involved... Rep. John Ryan, D-Oakdale, has offered legislation that would prohibit any trucks longer than 30 feet in length to travel along the Merritt Parkway... One other bill sponsored by Rep. Thomas Drew, D-Fairfield, calls for truck traffic to be shifted off Connecticut roadways and onto rail... The bills are in the Joint Committee on Transportation...
* USA - Air quality measure looks to restrict leaf blowers, regulate trucks
Phoenix,AZ,USA -The Business Journal of Phoenix, by Mike Sunnucks -Feb 7, 2007: -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and an influential state senator are pushing for new restrictions on leaf blowers and commercial trucks in an effort to improve air quality... Napolitano and State Sen. Carolyn Allen, R-Scottsdale, are supporting a bill that would require cities in high pollution areas such as Phoenix to restrict the use of leaf blowers on high pollution days. The Phoenix area had 43 high pollution days in 2005 and 2006... The bill also would require trucks carrying construction and other materials to be packed, covered and secured to avoid leaks or droppings that hurt air quality. Dust and debris from construction sites as well as particles from leaf blowers are blamed for some of the air quality problems in the Phoenix and Tucson areas...
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