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Committee approves HB229 to restrict heavy vehicles from left lanes on large counties' multi-lane roads
Summary
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and the Arts voted to pass House Bill 229, House Draft 1, with amendments that bar vehicles over 10,000 pounds and those towing from left lanes on three-or-more-lane roads in counties with populations over 500,000 and forwards the measure to the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Culture and the Arts voted to pass House Bill 229, House Draft 1, with amendments that would bar vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds and vehicles towing another vehicle or trailer from using the left lane on roads that have three or more lanes in the same direction in counties with populations over 500,000.
The committee’s action, taken during a decision-making session, will send the measure to the…
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