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Committee hears bill to repeal century-old county public-scales law; lieutenant governor backs red-tape cleanup
Summary
Representative Braxton Mitchell introduced House Bill 430 to repeal statutes enabling county-owned public scales; Lieutenant Governor Kristin Juras supported the measure as part of a 'red tape' cleanup and Department of Labor and Industry staff provided informational testimony.
Representative Braxton Mitchell opened the hearing on House Bill 430 in the Senate Local Government Committee and described the bill as a repeal of the legal framework that allows counties to establish, own, operate and regulate public scales.
"This bill just eliminates again unnecessary unused statutes that have outlived their purpose," Mitchell said, adding that the authority for counties to purchase and operate scales would remain under another statute (cited in the hearing as "seven-one-two 103"). Mitchell…
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