3. It changes the requirements for notice of the time and place of a hearing on a petition to condemn land filed with the State Claims Commission by the Department of Transportation. It allows the commission to send notice to the department, landowners and lienholders by first class mail rather than registered mail and allows service by publication if a party can not be reached by mail.

4. It codifies current practice by providing that the formula for distribution of Urban-Rural Initiative Program funds includes roads maintained by a municipality that are not town ways.

5. It clarifies that the Department of Transportation does not have responsibility for designating no-passing zones on roads that are not the responsibility of the department.

6. It provides that municipalities have responsibility for regulation of utility facilities in the public way in urban compact areas, regardless of whether or not the highway is a federal-aid highway.

7. It clarifies existing law and provides that the State will relieve certain municipalities of financial obligations for major collector state aid highway reconstruction local match requirements.