8/24/09-Rep. Greg Evers, R-Baker, has prefiled a bill for consideration during the regular session that convenes in March 2010 that would increase the maximum gross vehicle, axle weight limits for large trucks equipped with idle reduction technology. The bill is HB51.
A similar effort failed to gain passage in the Legislature during the 2009 regular session. The Senate unanimously approved a bill in the waning days of the session to authorize trucks equipped with auxiliary power units to weigh up to an additional 400 pounds but it didn’t get consideration in the House before adjournment.