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Conference committee narrows transportation differences; delays final decision on DMV provision and "legal trails" language
Summary
House and Senate conference committee members, working with legislative counsel Damon Leonard, narrowed outstanding differences in transportation-related legislation but left a disputed DMV provision and language about towns' authority to maintain "legal trails" unresolved; members agreed to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. with multiple drafting options.
House and Senate conference committee members, meeting with legislative counsel Damon Leonard, narrowed most differences in a transportation package but left a disputed DMV provision and language about towns' authority to maintain so-called “legal trails” unresolved and agreed to reconvene at 2:30 p.m. with multiple drafting options.
The unresolved items touch on funding and program language that committee members said could affect nonemergency medical transportation, demand-response transit, and small allocations for SSI and foster care. Committee members discussed four possible paths for the DMV provision: delay the effective date, remove the provision, keep it as written, or keep it and add intent language asking the General Assembly to clarify towns’ authority to maintain legal trails prospectively.
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