Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently directed the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to halt its enforcement on dyed diesel fuel for the next 120 days to provide financial relief from record-high diesel prices for the state’s agricultural and timber communities.
Dyed diesel fuel is a tax-exempt fuel normally reserved for off-road equipment and machinery.
In the governor’s letter to ALEA Secretary Taylor, she said, “The increase in diesel fuel prices has been particularly sharp relative to other fuel prices, directly affecting Alabama’s agricultural and timber industries. In response to these extraordinary circumstances, I am requesting that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and other enforcement agencies temporarily adjust its enforcement priorities concerning the use of dyed diesel fuel.”
ALEA’s enforcement changes are effective immediately.
“As we are in the beginning of peak harvest season in Alabama, I am committed to doing what we can to support our state’s farmers and their families,” said Ivey. “When we can responsibly provide relief, I am all for it, and this is a measured, doable and commonsense action to help out Alabama’s agricultural and timber communities.”
The governor also instructed Alabama Department of Revenue Commissioner Mary Martin Mitchell to request dyed diesel fuel penalty relief from the Internal Revenue Service.
29 drivers, 30 trucks OOS in Indiana
Indiana State Police
Troopers with the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division conducted 104 inspections during Operation BASH Sept. 22-24.
As a result, troopers put 29 drivers, and 30 trucks out of service and ifound 340 violations.
BASH was named in honor of Trooper Benjamin Beers, Trooper Paul Arnold, LaPorte County Deputy Jon Samuelson, and ISP Sgt. Justin Heflin, who were iin officer-involved shootings this summer.
Company pays driver for religious violation
Blue Eagle Contracting, Inc., a Grass Valley, California-based bulk mail delivery contractor for the U.S. Postal Service, will pay $60,000 and implement other reforms to settle a religious accommodation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced recently.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit filed earlier this year, Blue Eagle failed to accommodate a Christian driver’s religious practice of attending church services on Sunday mornings by failing to return him to his regular weekday delivery shift between Reno and Tonopah, Nevada after he volunteered on an emergency basis to drive on Sunday mornings due to a coworker’s sudden resignation.
The driver reminded at least two supervisors that he needed to attend church on Sunday mornings and was only working on Sunday mornings until the company could hire a replacement driver. However, Blue Eagle required the truck driver to continue working on Sunday mornings even after it hired a replacement driver, which compelled the Christian driver to resign, the suit said.
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