2017 Senate Bill 396

Allow logging equipment on road shoulder

Introduced in the Senate

May 23, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38)

To permit logging equipment to operate on the shoulder of a highway, revise seasonal road load limits and add a provision allowing the road shoulder operation, and permit counties to require a performance bond from a logging operation doing this.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation

Sept. 25, 2018

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-5) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 4, 2018

Failed in the Senate 17 to 19 (details)

Dec. 6, 2018

Motion to reconsider

The vote by which the bill was defeated.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Amendment offered by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35)

To revise details of the process of posting a bond the bill would require.

The amendment passed 36 to 0 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35)

To increase the amount of the proposed bond requirement.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-35)

To clarify the definition of an "unladen" truck.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Mike Shirkey (R-16)

To clarify jurisdiction issues related to the proposal.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 21 to 15 (details)

To permit logging equipment to operate on the shoulder of a highway, revise seasonal road load limits for logging after the ground is hard-frozen, and permit counties to require a performance bond from a logging operation doing this.

Received in the House

Dec. 6, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure