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Committee extends truck-weight variance for agriculture, clarifies enforcement roles
Summary
House Bill 164 removes the sunset on a truck-weight variance that allows certain agriculture and forestry vehicles higher axle weights on state and local roads, and reiterates local law-enforcement training and enforcement procedures; the committee approved the measure, 5-3.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to advance House Bill 164, a follow-up to earlier truck-weight legislation, removing a sunset provision and preserving a 10% variance that allows certain agriculture and forestry vehicles to operate at higher gross weights on state and local roads.
Representative Meeks presented HB 164 (LC394500) as clarifying changes and the removal of a sunset on the weight variance adopted in earlier…
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