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Conference committee narrows differences on DMV bill; legal-trails language, report date and fiscal items remain unresolved
Summary
Members of the Senate Transportation conference committee discussed outstanding provisions in the DMV bill, including a provision on towns’ ability to maintain legal trails, fiscal differences between the Senate and House versions, and a standardized report date; committee staff were asked to prepare multiple options and reconvene at 2:30 p.m.
Members of the Senate Transportation conference committee worked Monday to reconcile outstanding differences in a DMV bill, focusing on a provision affecting towns’ authority to maintain legal trails, several fiscal items, and the report deadline for required agency reports.
The group discussed closing sections 26 through 30 and section 32 of the bill but left several items open, including language on nonemergency medical transportation and demand‑response transportation. Committee members also compared cost estimates: the Senate version carried about $353,000 in costs, while the House version reduced that to about $44,000. Specific line items discussed included roughly $331,000 for SSI, $15,000 for foster care, and a separate DMV‑related cost; participants said the current versions remain below a $500,000 threshold that the committee was watching.
Why it matters: the committee is balancing statutory language that could affect municipal authority over trails, near‑term…
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