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Committee advances bill to use GVWR instead of shipping weight for pickup registrations
Summary
The Government Operations Division voted to give House Bill 1345 a "do pass" recommendation after Representative Pat Heiner said the bill corrects a decades-old registration practice that doubled shipping weight for half‑ton pickups. Sponsors said fee changes are minimal and the change aligns North Dakota with neighboring states.
The Government Operations Division voted to give House Bill 1345 a “do pass” recommendation after lawmakers and the bill’s sponsor said the measure fixes an out‑of‑date method for calculating registered vehicle weight.
Representative Pat Heiner, R., said the bill replaces an old practice that used a vehicle’s shipping weight — which in some cases was doubled for registration — with the vehicle’s gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Heiner told the committee the change responds to constituent inquiries after a pickup owner saw “10,800 pounds” listed on a registration for a half‑ton…
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