Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions
Proposed by the Department of Transportation · their explanation · all agency proposals
Topics:AgricultureTransportation
Same legislation: SSB 1044, SF 258, HF 531, HF 2651, SF 2429
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 531
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Transportation can now give annual permits to heavier vehicles that carry fluid milk products. These permits would allow milk trucks to weigh up to 130,000 pounds instead of the current 96,000-pound limit. This change affects companies that transport milk to and from processing plants.1
Read the official explanation
463 but not exceeding 20,000 pounds per axle, and not exceeding a gross weight of 96,000 pounds, on primary roads and primary road extensions in cities. The fee for a fluid milk products annual permit is $400. This bill authorizes the DOT to issue fluid milk products annual permits for vehicles not exceeding a gross weight of 130,000 pounds. The bill applies to fluid milk products annual permits issued on or after the effective date of the bill and to such permits issued prior to that date that are in effect on that date. 463.
House subcommittee
Named February 12, 2025. On February 18, 2025 it recommended passage.
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