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Utah House circles weight-and-size code rewrite after debate over 12% tolerance for garbage haulers
Summary
House Bill 57, a rewrite of the state's weight-and-size rules for vehicles, was circled after lawmakers debated a 12% overweight tolerance and whether liability language in the draft would create open-ended insurance exposure for truck operators.
Representative Fox opened floor debate on House Bill 57 as a cleanup of the state’s weight-and-size statutes, saying the measure "is an attempt by, legislative research to clear up the language" and that industry representatives had been consulted.
Supporters said the bill consolidates and clarifies existing provisions rather than expanding enforcement. Fox told colleagues the draft includes a narrow tolerance for some garbage haulers — "a 12% maximum exemption" — and described the allowance as rarely used and limited to…
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