This bill defines contiguous property for the purposes of qualifying for the special tax assessment under the Forestland Protection Act. When a portion of the land under a covenant is sold, it restricts penalties and interest to the party that breaches the covenant on their share of the land owned under the covenant.  The land of the non breaching owner remains in the covenant without penalty.  If property of less than 200 acres is purchased that is contiguous to an existing covenant, it can may be added to the existing covenant for the remainder of the covenant period.

HB 233 would exempt diesel fuel for locomotives from sales tax.

This bill also authorizes the Department of Revenue to continue to make distributions of unidentifiable sales tax to local governments based upon a pro rata formula.

HB 806 provides that motor fuel tax appropriations made to the Department of Transportation that is not fully spent or contractually obligated at the end of the fiscal year to be carried over into the next fiscal year to be used to provide and maintain an adequate system of public roads and bridges.

This bill allows for a 5 percent weight variance for tow trucks carrying disabled, damaged or wrecked commercial vehicles within 100 miles of the initial emergency tow pick up location. Said variance would require the purchase of a $500 annual permit from the DOT. Tow trucks could not exceed a single axle weight of 21,000 pounds, a load on any tandem axle exceeding 40,000 pounds, or a total load length exceeding 125 feet.