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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Vigil		DATE TYPED:	02/19/03		HB	591
SHORT TITLE:		Oversize Vehicle Permit Requirements				SB
					ANALYST:		Fox-Young

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY03	FY04	FY03	FY04
			NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)

No Response

State Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 591 amends language in various statutes relating to oversize/overweight permits. The bill amends the statutory language to recognize the transfer of the Motor Transportation Division (MTD) from the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) to the Department of Public Safety (DPS). The bill also recognizes the renaming of the State Corporation Commission as the Public Regulation Commission.

The bill provides that DPS may regulate the time periods during which a vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in statute may be operated or moved by a motor carrier on a highway.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The bill provides that the Motor Transportation Division of DPS shall draft and promulgate regulations governing the movement of oversize/overweight vehicles or loads. The current statute provides that the regulations governing oversize/overweight movement resides within the Motor Vehicle Division of TRD.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

DPS recommends the following amendments:

• 66-7-412—Include the Oversize/Overweight Permit Office in Santa Fe in this section for the issuance of said permits.

• 66-7-413.2 A (not amended by this bill)—This section calls for an engineering investigation of vehicles in excess of 170,000lbs. The department indicates that the current working agreement between SHTD and the DPS MTD Oversize/Overweight permit office requires that any vehicle weighing 140,000 lbs. or more receive an engineering investigation. This procedure was put into place at the request of the SHTD for the protection of current highway structures. DPS recommends the weight requirement in this section be amended to reflect the current operating procedure for vehicles weighing 140,000 lbs. or more.

• The bill includes no effective date.

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