Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/bills/house/H-869.HTM
Timestamp: 2018-06-21 09:58:16
Document Index: 604230242

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 10', '§ 114', '§ 115', '§ 304', '§ 307', '§ 323', '§ 364', '§ 371', '§ 608', '§ 617', '§ 634', '§ 675', '§ 2002', '§ 4110', '§ 8903', '§ 101', '§ 3303', '§ 3016', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 10']

Trans. Fund 1,483,000 1,983,000 500,000
Trans. Fund 0 10,000 10,000
(2) Authorized spending for the Waterbury Main Street project, FEGC F-013-4(13) is amended to read as follows. The funds authorized for preliminary engineering shall be used to redesign the intersection of Park Row and Main Street. The Secretary’s authority under 19 V.S.A. § 10g(h) shall not apply to any spending authorized for this project.
Trans. Fund 1,500 9,000 7,500
(3) Authorized spending for the Ryegate-St. Johnsbury I-91 IM IR 091‑2(8) project is amended to read:
Trans. Fund 105,000 0 -105,000
Trans. Fund 2,500 0 -2,500
Trans. Fund 5,000 0 -5,000
Trans. Fund 115,960 26,760 -89,200
Trans. Fund 1,332,759 1,760,453 427,694
Trans. Fund 57,800,594 57,596,094 -204,500
(1) Authorized spending for the three year demonstration – operating program is amended to read:
Trans. Fund 0 0 0
Trans. Fund 1,562,879 0 -1,562,879
Trans. Fund 2,000 10,000 8,000
Grants 24,982,744 26,311,056 1,328,312
Total 24,982,744 26,311,056 1,328,312
Trans. Fund 24,982,744 0 -24,982,744
Town Fund 0 26,311,056 26,311,056
Grants 3,494,500 3,674,002 179,502
Total 3,494,500 3,674,002 179,502
Trans. Fund 3,494,500 0 -3,494,500
Town Fund 0 3,674,002 3,674,002
Grants 4,748,750 5,018,002 269,252
Total 4,748,750 5,018,002 269,252
Trans. Fund 4,748,750 0 -4,748,750
Town Fund 0 5,018,002 5,018,002
Sec. 14 TOWN HIGHWAY CLASS 1 SUPPLEMENTAL
Grants 128,750 146,700 17,950
Total 128,750 146,700 17,950
Trans. Fund 128,750 0 -128,750
Town Fund 0 146,700 146,700
Sec. 15 TOWN EMERGENCY FUND
Trans. Fund 750,000 1,500,000 750,000
Operating Expenses 7,177,547 8,050,064 872,517
Total 24,069,587 24,942,104 872,517
Trans. Fund 22,744,734 23,617,251 872,517
(1) to add $1,000,000 in additional funds in support of the department’s computer system upgrade project; and
(2) to eliminate $127,483 in funding for drivers education consistent with Sec. 26 of this Act which increases the maximum amount of transportation funds that may be appropriated for the support of general government by such amount.
Sec. 27a. 23 V.S.A. § 114(a)(14) is amended to read:
(14) Certified copy three-year operating record 8.00 12.00
Sec. 27b. 23 V.S.A. § 115(b) is amended to read:
(b) Every identification card shall expire, unless earlier canceled, on the fourth birthday of the applicant following the date of original issue, and may be renewed every four years upon payment of a $15.00 $22.00 fee.
Sec. 27c. 23 V.S.A. § 304(b)(1) is amended to read:
Sec. 27d. 23 V.S.A. § 307 is amended to read:
Sec. 27e. 23 V.S.A. § 323 is amended to read:
A person who transfers the ownership of a registered motor vehicle to another, upon the filing of a new application, and upon the payment of a fee of $15.00 $19.00 may have registered in his or her name another motor vehicle for the remainder of the registration period without payment of any additional registration fee, provided the proper registration fee of the motor vehicle sought to be registered is the same as the registration fee of the transferred motor vehicle. However, if the proper registration fee of the motor vehicle sought to be registered by such person is greater than the registration fee of the transferred motor vehicle, the applicant shall pay, in addition to such fee of $15.00 $19.00, the difference between the registration fee of the motor vehicle previously registered and the proper fee for the registration of the motor vehicle sought to be registered.
Sec. 27f. 23 V.S.A. § 364 is amended to read:
Sec. 27g. 23 V.S.A. § 371(a)(1) is amended to read:
(A) $15.00 $19.00 and $30.00 $33.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of less than 1,500 pounds;
(B) $30.00 $35.00 and $60.00 $70.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer has a gross weight of trailer and load of 1,500 pounds or more, and is drawn by a vehicle of the pleasure car type;
(C) $30.00 $35.00 and $60.00 $70.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is drawn by a motor truck or tractor, when such trailer or
(D) $30.00 $35.00 and $60.00 $70.00, respectively, when such trailer or semi-trailer is used in combination with a truck-tractor or motor truck registered at the fee provided for combined vehicles under section 367 of this title. Excepting for the fees, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to trailer coaches as defined in section 4 of this title nor to modular homes being transported by trailer or semi-trailer.
Sec. 27h. 23 V.S.A. § 608(a) is amended to read:
(a) The four-year fee required to be paid the commissioner for licensing an operator of motor vehicles shall be $35.00 $39.00. The two-year fee required to be paid the commissioner for licensing an operator or junior operator shall be $23.00 $27.00.
Sec. 27i. 23 V.S.A. § 617(d) is amended to read:
(d) An applicant shall pay $10.00 $13.00 to the commissioner for each learner’s permit that is not a motorcycle learner’s permit or a duplicate or renewal thereof.
Sec. 27j. 23 V.S.A. § 634(a) is amended to read:
(a) The fee for an examination for a learner’s permit shall be $20.00 $27.00. The fee for an examination to obtain an operator’s license when the applicant is required to pass an examination pursuant to section 632 of this title shall be $5.00 $12.00.
Sec. 27k. 23 V.S.A. § 675(a) is amended to read:
(a) Before a suspension or revocation issued by the commissioner of a person’s operator’s license or privilege of operating a motor vehicle may be terminated or before a person’s operator’s license or privilege of operating a motor vehicle may be reinstated, there shall be paid to the commissioner a fee of $50.00 $77.00 in addition to any other fee required by statute. This section shall not apply to suspensions issued under the provisions of chapter 11 of this title nor suspensions issued for physical disabilities or failing to pass
Sec. 27L. 23 V.S.A. § 2002(a) is amended to read:
Sec. 27m. 23 V.S.A. § 4110(a)(8) is amended to read:
four-year fee shall be $65.00 $85.00. The two-year fee shall be $45.00 $60.00. In those instances where the applicant surrenders a valid Vermont Class D license, the total fees due shall be reduced by:
Sec. 27n. 32 V.S.A. § 8903(a) and (b) are amended to read:
(74) “Special purpose vehicle” means a vehicle that is used exclusively for a specific purpose and shall include all truck cranes, truck shovels, trucks carrying a permanently mounted water well drilling machine, well drilling tender trucks, road oilers, calcium chloride distributors, bituminous distributors, concrete form trucks, street sweepers, full or semi‑flotation applicator vehicles, graders, rubber-tired loaders, loader backhoe combinations, concrete pump trucks, and trucks used to transport buildings by the use of “transportation dollies.”
(b) The annual fee for registration of a truck crane or truck shovel special purpose vehicle shall be $105.00 $112.00.
(b) The Vermont transportation enhancement grant program is created. The grant program shall be funded as provided in subsection (c) of this section and shall be administered by the agency. The grant program shall be limited to enhancement activities as defined in 23 U.S.C. § 101(a)(35) which are sponsored by municipalities, nonprofit organizations, or political subdivisions of the state other than the agency. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, in fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, the agency may use federal-aid funding available under the enhancement grant program to acquire and construct one new salt and sand shed which shall not exceed a project cost of $300,000.00. Eligible applicants must provide all funds required to match federal funds awarded for an enhancement project. All grant awards shall be decided and awarded by the transportation enhancement grant committee.
(a) Except for sales of motor fuels between distributors licensed in this state, which sales shall be exempt from the tax, in all cases not exempt from the tax under the laws of the United States at the time of filing the report required by section 3108 of this title, each distributor shall pay to the commissioner a tax of 19 23 cents per gallon upon each gallon of motor fuel sold by the distributor. The distributor shall also pay to the commissioner a tax in the same amount upon each gallon of motor fuel used within the state by him or her.
Sec. 40a. DIESEL FUEL AND GAS TAX RATE SUNSET
Sec. 39 and Sec. 40 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2006 and shall terminate June 30, 2011. On and after July 1, 2011 the rate of the diesel fuel tax in 23 \V.S.A. § 3303(a) shall revert to 25 cents per gallon, and the rate of the gasoline tax in 23 V.S.A. § 3016(a) shall revert to 19 cents per gallon.
Spending authority in the amount of $475,000 in transportation funds shall be allocated in the discretion of the secretary to advance the Bellows Falls rail tunnel project and projects in the state’s fiscal year 2007 transportation program in program development.
Sec. 45. Sec. 69b(c) of No. 6 of the Acts of 2005, as amended by Sec. 77 of H.617 the Acts of 2006 is amended to read:
(c) In fiscal year 2006, the agency of transportation shall revert $2,600,000 from the appropriation of transportation funds for paving and bridge projects and transfer that amount to the highway central garage fund. appropriations to the agency of transportation for the paving, state bridge and town bridge projects referenced in subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of $2,600,000 and $2,600,000 shall be transferred to the highway central garage fund.
Sec. 46. PURCHASE AND USE TAX STUDIES
(a) There is created a working group of members of the staff of the Joint Fiscal Office and the staff of the Legislative Council, who together with representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Taxes, shall study and assess the impact of amendments to the purchase and use tax set out in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The working group shall analyze the fiscal and budgetary impact, the amount of any offsetting reductions in state fuel taxes possible, any administrative and management concerns, and the effect on the public of:
(1) assessing the purchase and use tax on the full taxable cost of the vehicle purchased by repealing the current deduction from the taxable cost of any trade in value; and
(2) assessing a surcharge or adjusting the purchase and use tax rate based upon the fuel efficiency of the vehicle to be registered.
(c) The working group shall report its findings and analyses to the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Senate Committee on Finance and the Committees on Transportation of the House and Senate no later than January 15, 2007.
Sec. 47. 19 V.S.A. § 10g(e) is amended to read:
(e) In addition to the multiyear transportation program described in subsection (a) of this section, the agency shall annually present to the general assembly The agency’s annual transportation program shall include a description of all projects with respect to which:
(1) the The total project cost estimate exceeds $5,000,000.00;
(2) federal Federal funds are proposed to be used to cover a portion of the project costs; and
(3) approval Approval of the proposed activity and expenditure of federal funds on the project would expose the state to potential liability to reimburse the federal government in the event the project is subsequently cancelled.
Sec. 48. 19 V.S.A. § 10g(n) is added to read:
(n) The agency’s annual transportation program with respect to the proposed expenditure of all federal funds shall identify the federal fiscal year in which the proposed expenditure of federal funds was appropriated or anticipated to be appropriated by Congress.
Sec. 49. 19 V.S.A. § 10g(o) is added to read:
(o) The agency’s annual transportation program shall include a
program-by-program description of all federal funds which are available for expenditure during the ensuing state fiscal year to which the transportation program pertains as defined in this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, federal funds which are available for expenditure during the ensuing state fiscal year to which the transportation program pertains shall:
(1) Include all federal funds which were appropriated by Congress in prior fiscal years and which have not been expended pursuant to a prior fiscal year state transportation program, regardless of the obligation status of the federal funds;
(2) Include all federal funds which are anticipated by the agency to be appropriated by Congress during the course of the ensuing state fiscal year regardless of the obligation status of the federal funds;
(3) Limit the scope of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection by excluding all federal earmark funds designated for specific projects;
(4) Limit the scope of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection by excluding all federal funds obligated to projects that have been identified pursuant to subsection (e) of this section in a previous annual transportation program; and
(5) Limiting the scope of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection by excluding all federal funds identified in the statewide transportation improvement program (STIP) in effect as of the date of the agency’s delivery of the proposed transportation program to the general assembly.
Sec. 50. 19 V.S.A. § 10g(p) is added to read:
(p) The agency’s annual transportation program shall include a
project-by-project description in each program of all proposed spending of funds for the development and evaluation of projects. In the approved annual transportation program, these funds shall be reserved to the identified projects subject to the secretary’s authority under subsection 10g(h) of this title.