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BILLS * USA
* California bill would tax port containers
CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 12, 2007: -- ... The bill would collect a $30 fee on every 20-foot equivalent unit passing through the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland port complexes. Money from the nation’s first-, second- and fourth-largest container ports would be used solely for improvements to road and rail infrastructure and clean-air programs... The portion provided to alleviate port congestion would go to the California Transportation Commission to fund projects that improve the rail system that moves containers to and from the ports. The text of the bill says the commission would be prohibited “from using the funds to construct, maintain, or improve highways”...
* Road delay bill heads to governor’s desk in Georgia
GA,USA -Land Line Magazine /The Augusta Chronicle -April 12, 2007: -- The Georgia Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday, April 11, that would get tough with road contractors who cause construction delays... The bill would prevent companies that fall more than 25 percent behind on public works or state Transportation Department construction contracts from bidding on new projects. The bill – HB202 –states that the delay would have to be the contractors’ fault for the provision to apply. Reasons beyond the contractors’ control would not apply, reported...
* Wisconsin bills intended to improve safety on roadways
WI,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 13, 2007: -- A bill in the Wisconsin Assembly would penalize drivers in the state who cause accidents while talking on hand-held cell phones. The measure is one of several highway safety-related bills under consideration in the Legislature. Current Wisconsin law doesn’t prohibit drivers from using cell phones while at the wheel... Violators would face $300 fines. If the wreck involved injury or death to another person, the fine would jump to between $5,000 and $10,000 and/or up to one year behind bars... Another bill, is intended to help families in the state deal with the problem of telling aging relatives that they should no longer be behind the wheel... The bill would require people age 75 to 85 to take free vision tests or submit results from a doctor’s test every three years. Drivers over age 85 would be required to take vision and written knowledge tests every two years... One other bill focuses on people who have a history of getting behind the wheel after too many drinks... The bill would mandate long prison terms for the most severe repeat drunken drivers. Offenders with more than 10 convictions would face up to $25,000 fines and/or as much as 12-and-a-half years in prison... The bills are in committee... Other safety efforts that are expected to be introduced would bar young drivers from using cell phones while at the wheel and permit police to pull over drivers solely for not buckling up...
* Anti-gouging bill tabled in Montana
MON,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 13, 2007: -- A failed effort in the Montana House was designed to protect consumers in the state from being gouged at the fuel pump... The Senate-approved bill was tabled in the House Judiciary Committee, effectively killing it for the year... The bill was intended to prevent price gouging in the state during state or federal emergencies following wildfires and other disasters. The protections would have applied to retail sales of goods and services, including fuel...
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