AN ACT relating to encouraging transportation within the Commonwealth.
     Amend KRS 138.470, relating to usage tax exemptions, to exempt from usage tax motor carriers operating under a charter bus certificate issued under KRS Chapter 281; amend KRS 139.480, relating to sales tax exemptions, to exempt from sales tax repair or replacement parts for the direct operation or maintenance of a motor vehicle operating under a charter bus certificate issued under KRS Chapter 281 or under similar authority granted by the U.S. Department of Transportation; amend KRS 189.2226, relating to hauling building materials without a permit, to consolidate similar provisions governing farm and forest products currently codified under KRS 189.222; define "farm products"; amend KRS 189.221, 189.222, 189.223, 189.272, 189.990, 431.105, and 431.452 to conform; provide that amendments to KRS 138.470 and 139.480 are EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2004.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)

     Jan 6-introduced in House; to Appropriations and Revenue (H)