of MTF funds by cities and villages. Subsection 6 allows a city
or village to transfer MTF revenue from its major street funds to the local
street funds. However, the subsection indicates that first priority is the
major street fund, and the subsection prohibits transfers of more than 50
percent of the annual MTF major street funding unless the city or village had
adopted and followed an "asset management process."

FISCAL IMPACT:

House Bill 4848 would have no direct fiscal impact. It
would not change the distribution of MTF revenue to local units of government
(road commissions, cities, or villages), and would not change the distribution
of MTF revenue to particular county road commissions. It would allow a county
road commission the ability to use a greater share of its MTF revenue on the
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Dhaka (AFP)

Bangladesh has banned fishing in the Bay of Bengal for the next two months in an effort to replenish stocks, a minister said Tuesday, triggering protests by hundreds of fishermen.

The junior minister for fisheries, Ashraf Ali Khan, said the ban would run from May 20 to July 23, and that navy and coast guard vessels would patrol the bay to prevent boats from putting to sea.

Bangladesh frequently slaps seasonal bans on fishing in deep seas and coastal rivers, but authorities said this was the longest-ever imposed for shallow waters.

The decision triggered angry demonstrations in the coastal region, and hundreds of fishermen took to the streets to protest the ban.

Some 15 million people in southern Bangladesh are either directly or indirectly involved in the fishing industry,