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TREND. Taxing New Transportation Methods. Space Travel State Business Tax.

The state: California

The proposed rules to tax space income:

“gross receipts shall be attributed to this state based upon a mileage factor, weighted at 80 percent, and a departure factor, weighted at 20 percent ” California’s Porposed Space Travel Tax

Bloomberg | New Tax Frontier: California Offers Space Flight Rules

5 Issues Tech Companies have with Driverless Car Regulations and Laws

California is revising its driverless car regulations. Read the proposed regulations.

California’s proposed driverless car regulations prompted the following concerns:

elimination of language that holds the driverless car manufacturer liable for any crash its vehicle causes on a public road.
allow paying riders in test cars
rules should also cover the testing of freight trucks
rules should be expanded with protections for proprietary information
remove a requirement that data recorders collect information for at least five seconds after a collision with another vehicle or until the driverless car comes to a complete stop
authorize the testing of “heavy” vehicles that might carry freight or shuttle passengers
insurers question updated language that shifts the responsibility for vehicle software updates from the manufacturer to the owner.

The Recorder | What Tech, Insurers Told Calif. About Driverless Rules

TREND. Data Security Standards for Motor Vehicles. Self Driving Cars. Autonomous Vehicles.

Are there data security regulations on cars? Not so much

Is there any group proposing regulations? Yes, National Institute of Standards and Technology, a nonregulatory agency under the Department of Commerce

The Hill | Cyber official: Feds, companies need better dialogue on security of self-driving cars

Ahead of the TREND. Regulating Flying Cars. 8 Pieces of Intel.

The litany of regulatory questions for regulating flying cars:

Who can operate one?
How many passengers are allowed inside?
Can flying cars fly over roads?
What kinds of safety measures must be included, and critically, can the vehicles be manufactured for commercial use?
Are they treated like drones?
Are they ultralight aircrafts?
What are the safety standards?
Can they be used commercially?

It is a new frontier with no regulations.

The Recorder | Who Will Regulate Flying Cars?

Lege Trend. Heavier Loads on Trucks. 5 Reasons Industry Supports it.

SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:

$5000 annual permit is purchased
traveling on a dwsignated corridor
within 30 miles of a port of entry/border

Supporters say:

anticipated 500,000 TEU increase in annual containerized exports of plastic resin
$100 Billion in new or expanded plant capacity along Texas coast
the rise in plastic resin is due to cheap natural gas feedstock
American Chemistry COuncil warned that without allowing for larger loads would harm the economic advantages of the Gulf Coast
Other states on the gulf provide for the same 100,000 load limit

SB 1524 | Texas | 2017

JOC | Container shipping and trade news and analysis | Texas moves to raise truck weight limits for resins, other cargo

State Legalizes Self Driving Cars in its Budget. 3 Key Points.

State: New York

How did New York manage to legalize self driving cars in a budget:

waives the prohibition on driverless cars
allows a 1 year testing program of self-driving and self-parking vehicles
requires direct supervision of the New York State Police
minimum of $5 million in insurance coverage
state motor vehicle commissioner to submit a study by June 1, 2018, focusing on:
- safety
- traffic control
- traffic enforcement
- other impacts of autonomous vehicle testing

The Governor supports the self driving car testing in New York to: