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Senate adopts a package of House bills on appraisals, wildfire aviation, pennies and marine rules
Summary
The State Senate on the floor advanced and passed several House bills: an appraisal exemption for certain public-purpose property purchases, permanent aviation funding for wildfire response, a permissive cash-rounding rule for pennies, clarified towing requirements for tankers, and reduced some environmental reporting obligations.
The State Senate on Friday advanced and passed multiple House bills, moving a package of measures that lawmakers said would streamline transactions, make wildfire aviation funding permanent, provide guidance to small businesses on cash transactions, align marine safety rules with practice, and reduce certain reporting burdens.
Senator Cortez, who moved adoption of a committee striking amendment and later to suspend the rules to advance House Bill 2624 to final passage, said the bill is intended to speed purchases by entities acting for public purposes. "A lot of times tribes, nonprofit nature conservancies ... when they look to purchase a piece of property, they like to move on it relatively quickly," Cortez said, adding the measure would exempt those buyers from having to obtain an appraisal immediately prior to closing so they can…
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