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Witnesses tell committee bridge-damage bill aims to let counties recover replacement value
Summary
A county judge and counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee SB417 would make drivers who violate posted bridge weight limits civilly liable for replacement and removal costs, and the committee adopted an amendment before passing the bill after testimony about a 2019 crash that destroyed a historic bridge and a lengthy insurance dispute.
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment and then approved Senate Bill 417 after witnesses described the destruction of a historic county bridge and the resulting legal and replacement costs.
Mark Fone, who said he was the Yale County judge when the crash occurred, recounted that in January 2019 a tractor-trailer from Bakersfield, California took a wrong turn, traveled onto a marked rural bridge and collapsed the structure. "This bridge was approximately a hundred years old," he said, describing a posted weight limit of 3, 4 and 6 tons and a loaded truck-and-trailer that weighed…
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