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TRUCKING BILLS * USA
* Minnesota - Law offers emissions reduction incentive; heavier truck bill dies
Minn,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by Keith Goble /The Winona Daily News -June 7, 2007: -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a bill into law that benefits truckers who want to reduce emissions. A provision was added to a Senate omnibus bill – SF2096 – that makes loans available to school districts and small trucking firms to install equipment to reduce fuel consumption... A separate initiative to increase some truck weight limits has died. The Minnesota Department of Transportation and others supported the effort. They said boosting truck weight limits would reduce congestion by loading up more stuff on fewer trucks... Opponents, including the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, said the proposed weight limits could cause problems down the road for truckers and other drivers. They are concerned about road safety and highway and bridge deterioration...
* New Jersey - Bill would outlaw text messaging
New Jersey,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO), by Keith Goble -June 7, 2007: -- In an attempt to make the state’s roadways a little safer, a New Jersey Assembly panel advanced a bill intended to limit driver distractions... The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee voted unanimously to release a bill to the full chamber that would make it illegal to type, read or send text messages while at the wheel...
* Missouri - HHG mover bill advances to governor
Miss,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO) -June 7, 2007: -- The Senate unanimously approved 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 previously approved it...
* Connecticut - Bill would increase weigh station hours
Conn,USA --Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO) -June 4, 2007: -- The Appropriations Committee overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the Interstate 95 weigh station in Greenwich to be open at least 12 hours a day in four-hour shifts Monday through Friday. The facility would be open eight hours a day in four-hours shifts on weekends... The Greenwich station now is required to be open 256 hours a month. There are eight, eight-hour shifts per week... The bill would require the departments to share responsibility for the weigh stations...
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