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House favors uniform standards for idling and ground transportation after contentious debate, adopts amendment

Utah House of Representatives · February 24, 2012
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Summary

First substitute HB 104, limiting local idling enforcement and defining ground-transport vehicles while preserving safety inspections, passed 42–28 after an amendment requiring educational warnings and private-property consent for enforcement.

The Utah House passed the first substitute to House Bill 104 after extended debate over local control, private-property rights and a push for statewide uniformity for ground-transport vehicles.

Representative Harper, sponsor of the substitute, said the measure creates a consistent definition of "ground transportation vehicle" (including taxis,…

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