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House debates reducing vehicle safety inspections, reassigning troopers; bill circled for sponsor to revisit compromise
Summary
Lawmakers debated major changes to Utah’s vehicle safety-inspection schedule and a proposal to shift troopers from inspection duties to highway patrol. Multiple substitute proposals were considered; the House ultimately circled the bill for the sponsor to restore a prior compromise and return with revised language.
On Feb. 29 the Utah House spent significant floor time on second-substitute House Bill 298, a package that would change periodic vehicle-safety inspection intervals and redirect personnel to highway enforcement.
Sponsor Representative Dougal described a compromise to reduce inspection frequency (initial schedule presented: checks at years 4, 8 and 10, then annually thereafter) and to redirect six troopers from inspection duties into field operations while appropriating six additional troopers — a net increase intended for highway…
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