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Panel backs changing pickup registration basis from twice shipping weight to gross vehicle weight rating
Summary
Representative Pat Heiner told the Senate Transportation Committee House Bill 13‑45 would base pickup registration weight on a vehicle’s gross vehicle weight rating rather than twice the shipping weight.
The Senate Transportation Committee moved House Bill 13‑45 forward after testimony that the bill would modernize how passenger pickup registration weights are computed.
Representative Pat Heiner said the current code language, which effectively used twice the shipping weight to set registration figures for certain pickups, produced unintuitive results — he cited a half‑ton pickup showing a registration weight…
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