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* Nevada bill would add weight-distance tax for trucks
NE,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 18 , 2007: -- A bill moving through the Nevada Assembly calls for truckers to chip in more to help pay for $3.8 billion in road work in the state... The Assembly Transportation Committee approved the bill, which would add a weight-distance tax of 15 cents per mile for many large trucks. The tax would affect trucks weighing more than 55,000 pounds, including local garbage trucks and cement haulers...
* Pennsylvania bill would allow leasing of toll roads
PEN,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 19 , 2007: -- Gov. Ed Rendell would really like to see state lawmakers approve legislation soon to authorize public-private partnerships in Pennsylvania... The governor wants to auction off the Pennsylvania Turnpike to help raise money for transportation projects throughout the state. To do that, the legislature must send a bill to the governor’s suite authorizing such deals... Rep. Rick Geist, R-Altoona, has offered a bill that would grant the governor’s wish. The measure in the House Transportation Committee would allow the state to enter into agreements with private business to lease toll roads and bridges...
* Texas Senate committee considers bills to curb private tolling
TX,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 19 , 2007: -- Since the Texas Legislature opened early this year dozens of bills have been offered to curb the state’s tollway powers. A handful of bills that are moving forward include a provision to place a two-year moratorium on private toll roads... The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee took up a pair of bills Wednesday, April 18, that are intended to buy the state more time to review the effects of handing over roadways, such as the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor, to private business...
* Road safety bills advance in Delaware
DEL,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 19 , 2007: -- To improve safety on roadways in Delaware, one bill would prohibit drivers in the state from talking on hand-held devices while driving. Another bill would toughen the state’s open container law... The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved a bill that would prohibit drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel. Talking on a phone equipped with a “hands-free” accessory would still be permitted... Another bill approved by the House panel also is intended to make the state’s roadways safer... The bill would ban consumption and possession of open containers of alcohol in vehicles traveling highways in the state. Exceptions are included for passengers in RVs, fifth-wheel trailers, buses, limousines and taxis...
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