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* Legislation in Missouri focuses on trucks; road safety
MO,USA -Land Line Magazine -May 2 , 2007: -- The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would increase the maximum gross vehicle weight limit and axle weight limit for large trucks equipped with idle reduction technology... A separate measure would create an income tax credit for installing idle reduction technology for the next two years. The credit would be equal to 50 percent of the amount of purchase and installation on class 8 trucks – up to $3,500 per truck... Another bill, would require all shipments of radioactive waste in the state to be assessed fees... Shippers who fail to pay fees or notify the Department of Natural Resources about shipments would face penalties up to 10 times the amount of the original assessed fee... One other bill would prohibit the expungement of records for commercial driver’s license holders convicted of or pled guilty to an offense where the person’s blood alcohol content is 0.04 percent or above. First offenders would be prohibited from driving a commercial motor vehicle for six months... The Senate Transportation Committee voted to advance a bill that would allow common carriers of household goods to file applications to the State Highways and Transportation Commission for approval of rates to reflect increases and decreases in the carrier’s costs... The House Transportation Committee approved a bill that includes the same provisions but also would prohibit indemnity agreements in motor carrier transportation contracts that claim “to indemnify a party against loss from negligence or intentional acts void and unenforceable"... Two more bills of interest still are in the House Transportation Committee... The first bill would allow harsher penalties for CDL holders found to be driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol... The second bill would apply to truckers and other drivers, would double the fine for a moving or speeding violation within a designated travel safe zone... A “travel safe zone” is defined as any stretch of road posted by MoDOT where a highway safety analysis shows the number of injury or fatal crashes “exceeds a predicted safety performance level for comparable roadways as determined by the department," ...
* Missouri - Bills on tax breaks for trucks, highway contractors advance in
MO,USA -Land Line Magazine -May 4 , 2007: -- Two bills nearing passage in the Missouri General Assembly would offer tax breaks for highway contractors and certain trucks... The House Rules Committee approved a bill that is intended to reduce the cost of roadwork throughout the state... The bill would exempt contractors from paying sales tax on materials bought for highway projects... The House and Senate already have approved differing versions of another bill that include a provision to modify sales tax exemptions for large trucks and trailers... The bill would clarify the common carrier sales tax exemption for the purchase of motor vehicles, with gross weights of 24,000 pounds or more, or trailers... Missouri law now applies the exemption only if the common carrier operates solely in interstate commerce. The bill – SB30 – would make the exemption applicable to both intrastate and interstate commerce...
* Alabama House advances truck weight bill
AL,USA -Land Line Magazine/The News -May 3 , 2007: -- A bill halfway through the Alabama Legislature would loosen weight requirements for certain commercial vehicles in the state... The bill that would exempt commercial vehicles up to 13 tons that operate solely intrastate from federal safety regulations... Supporters say the change would help small farmers who rarely use such vehicles on public roads and highways. They also fall under federal truck rules... Federal officials say passage of the weight exemption would make the state’s rules incompatible with federal law. The result could be the loss of $4.4 million in federal funding for truck enforcement in the state... Others say the changes would lead to more roadway deaths. About 13 percent of the state’s fatal truck crashes in 2005 involved vehicles within the range that would be exempted...
* Alabama bills tackle issue of steel coil ‘fall-offs’
ALA,USA -Land Line Magazine -May 2 , 2007: -- Several bills of interest to the trucking industry have been offered in the Alabama Legislature. Those efforts include legislation that address steel coil “fall-offs”... The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would impose stiff penalties on truck drivers and companies for spilled steel coils. The measure – HB541 – also would require trucking companies to certify that haulers know how to load steel coils properly... With an eye on coil haulers, Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, offered a bill that would mandate the construction of truck weigh stations... Another bill offered by Rogers would authorize the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules to secure steel coils on trucks. In the meantime, it would require coils to be placed in concave cradles or secured by other methods...
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