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Creating a permit allowing the operation of vehicles of excessive weight transporting fluid milk products, and providing fees
Sponsored by the House Transportation (companion To Sf 550 By Committee on Transportation) Committee
Topics:AgricultureTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 869
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 869 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 869 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Transportation can now give annual permits to people who transport liquid milk products in heavy vehicles. These permits allow trucks to weigh up to 90,000 pounds total or 20,000 pounds per axle, even if they normally exceed standard weight limits. Drivers must pay a $400 fee for this permit and can face fines if they go over these new weight limits.1
Read the official explanation
Current law provides an annual permit authorizing a raw milk transporter to transport raw milk to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.463.463 but not exceeding 20,000 pounds per axle, and not exceeding a gross weight of 90,000 pounds.25 percent or more true milk protein. The bill specifies a fee of $400 for a fluid milk products annual permit. The operator of a vehicle that exceeds the allowable weight based on its number of axles and the distance between the axles is subject to a scheduled fine. The scheduled fine ranges from $12 to $2,200 plus cents per pound in excess of 20,000 pounds over the limit.
House subcommittee
Named March 10, 2021. On April 7, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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