• Provided the Department of Transportation (DOT) $2,500,000 SEG in FY18 for a tolling implementation study.
• Created a $75 fee for hybrid-electric vehicles and a $100 fee for electric vehicles, effective January 1, 2018.
• Modified the Governor's recommendation ($7,000,000 annual increase) to instead provide $5,000,000 SEG annually for the local roads improvement (LRIP) and $5,000,000 SEG-L annually to reflect the local government share of project costs; deleted the Governor's recommended increase in required local share of project cost provisions from 50% to 60%.
• Modified the Governor's recommendation ($2,500,000 SEG annually) to provide an additional $7,500,000 annually for the local bridge assistance program. The total funding increase would be $10,000,000 annually.
• Required DOT to study and report on the effects of consolidating SEG in the surface transportation program and replacing these funds with FED from the state highway program (federal swap"); permitted DOT to submit a 13.10 request to the JCF that would accomplish such transfers; DOT must submit the final report no later than May 1, 2018.
• Eliminated the January 1, 2020 sunset provisions related to weight allowances and permitting provisions applicable to implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles.
• Created a provision under Chapter 66 to prohibit a political subdivision, defined as a county, city, village, or town, from enforcing an ordinance if any of the following applies: (a) a statutory provision expressly prohibits the political subdivision from enforcing the ordinance; (b) the ordinance logically conflicts with a statutory provision; (c) the ordinance defeats the purpose of a statutory provision; or (d) the ordinance violates the spirit of a statutory provision.
• Limits the authority of political subdivisions to place limits or conditions on the operations of a quarry.
• Exempted machinery, tools, and patterns, not including such items considered manufacturing property under current law, from the property tax effective with property assessed as of January 1, 2018; created a state aid program administered by DOR to make payments to each local taxing jurisdiction; estimated total payments at $74,400,000 GPR annually, beginning in FY19.
• Required the language of a municipal levy limit referendum to include language identifying the specific purpose for which the additional funds levied would be used.
• Authorized the joint provision of local government services (joint agency agreement).

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