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ID H0268

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/10/2017

Primary Sponsor

Ways and Means Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 49-1004A, Idaho Code, relating to permits for overweight or oversize loads and new special routes for vehicle combinations
  • Changes language in subsection (2) from "shall" to "shall may" to make analysis of safety and feasibility discretionary rather than mandatory when new routes are requested for vehicles with maximum gross weight up to 129,000 pounds
  • Allows the authority having jurisdiction to designate routes for vehicle combinations weighing 105,501 to 129,000 pounds based on road and bridge structural integrity and public safety engineering standards
  • Preserves local authority discretion to decline route designations, revoke existing designations, or modify designations based on public safety concerns or structural capacity limitations
  • Requires local authorities to publish notice and conduct a public hearing before designating or modifying any route designation

Legislative Description

Amends existing law to provide that when requests are made that new routes be designated for travel by certain vehicles, the authority having jurisdiction may analyze the safety and feasibility of adding such routes.

TRANSPORTATION

Last Action

Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense

3/13/2017

Committee Referrals

Transportation and Defense3/13/2017

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