FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 6202

                           C 59 L 94

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Regulating the size and weight of motor vehicles.

SPONSORS: Senators Vognild and Nelson

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

BACKGROUND:

A truck combination consisting of a truck-tractor and a single trailer may operate on our highways without a permit if the trailer is 48 feet or less in length.  Special overlength permits may be purchased from the Department of Transportation which allow the operation of a tractor/trailer combination if the trailing unit does not exceed 56 feet.  The 30-day permit fee is $10; an annual permit may be purchased for $100.

Forty-eight states (Washington and Utah excluded) allow a truck-tractor/trailer combination whose trailing unit is 53 feet or less in length to operate without a special overlength permit.

SUMMARY:

A combination consisting of a truck-tractor and single trailer may operate on the public highways without a permit if the trailing unit is 53 feet or less in length. 

The maximum length allowed by special overlength permits remains at 56 feet.  A special overlength permit is required for a single trailing unit over 53 feet and up to the maximum of 56 feet.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    47   0

House     97   0

EFFECTIVE:June 9, 1994