11/25/03 - Lawmakers sympathetic to trucking were unable to pass several bills during a veto session that ended Nov. 20 designed to reverse parts of SB841 – a recently imposed Commercial Distribution Fee and tax on rolling stock exemption.
One of those bills – HB852 – would have returned the original rolling stock exemption by 2006, end the trucking employee tax credit by 2007 and phase out the Commercial Distribution Fee by 2006.
The bill, which passed the Senate 55-0 Nov. 20, didn’t come up for a final vote in the House before the session ended.
It is likely to be reconsidered when legislators convene in mid-January.

11/20/03 - As the General Assembly prepared to end its veto session Nov. 20 lawmakers were working feverishly to pass a measure that would turn back SB841 – a recently imposed Commercial Distribution Fee and tax on rolling stock.
An amended version of HB852 would return the original rolling stock exemption by 2006, end the trucking employee tax credit by 2007 and phase out the Commercial Distribution Fee by 2006.
The measure passed the Senate 55-0 Nov. 20. It is headed to the House for a vote.
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