Outdoor bills/ Budget Signed/ Internet Tax/ Aircraft Safety

Missoulian: 2013 Legislature was busy with variety of outdoors bills

HB 73:  Revise wolf hunting laws 
HB 136: Revise nonresident youth combination hunting laws
HB 142: Restore Dingell-Johnson fish restoration and management funding assent language
HB 163: Eliminate trophy fees for mountain lions
HB 179: Allow certain hunting licenses for disabled armed forces members
HB 247: Create permit for salvage of game killed by vehicles
HB 278: Reduce waiting period to use bear license after purchase
HB 323: Add grizzly bear livestock losses to the livestock loss program
HB 328: Allowing hunter notification of wild buffalo/bison location
HB 401: Revising certain hunting license application fees
SB 123: Provide for hunters against hunger

Missoulian: Bullock signs main Montana budget bill after line-item vetoes 

HB 2: General Appropriations Act 

Missoulian: Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases 

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 

“Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - Authorizes each member state under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002) to require all sellers not qualifying for a small-seller exception (applicable to sellers with annual gross receipts in total U.S. remote sales not exceeding $1 million) to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales under provisions of the Agreement, but only if such Agreement includes minimum simplification requirements relating to the administration of the tax, audits, and streamlined filing. Defines "remote sale" as a sale of goods or services into a state in which the seller would not legally be required to pay, collect, or remit state or local sales and use taxes unless provided by this Act.”

Missoulian: FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted 

FAA Continues To Face Challenges in Implementing a Risk-Based Approach for Repair Station Oversight

“On May 1, 2013, we issued our final report on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) risk-based oversight of aircraft repair stations. Currently, FAA is responsible for overseeing nearly 4,800 repair stations used worldwide by U.S air carriers. We found that while FAA developed a risk assessment process to aid repair station inspectors in identifying areas of greatest concern, its oversight continues to emphasize completing mandatory inspections instead of targeting resources where they are needed based on risk.”