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Committee hears HB430 to repeal archaic county public-scales statute; LG committee concurs

Senate Local Government Committee

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Summary

Representative Braxton Mitchell and Lieutenant Governor Kristin Juras urged repeal of an unused early-20th-century statute that authorizes county public scales; the Department of Labor and Industry provided informational comment. The committee concurred and will advance the bill to the Senate floor.

Representative Braxton Mitchell opened the hearing on House Bill 430, which would repeal a statutory process authorizing establishment, ownership and operation of county-owned public scales. Mitchell said the petition process has not been used for decades and that counties retain general authority to…

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