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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
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 10, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 258
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 258 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 258 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Department of Transportation can now give annual permits to heavier vehicles that carry milk products. These permits would allow trucks to weigh up to 130,000 pounds instead of the current 96,000-pound limit. This change affects companies that transport fluid 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2025. On February 5, 2025 it recommended passage.
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