Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SR 242 - Truck Weights - urge fed. action to allow uniform scale tolerances

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1. Ray  19th              2. Gillis  20th            3. Hill  4th


Senate Comm: Trans      /         House Comm:            /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 46    Nays 0                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             2/21/95   Read 1st time                                            
             3/1/95    Favorably Reported                                       
             3/6/95    Read 2nd Time                                            
             3/15/95*  Read 3rd Time                                            
             3/17/95*  Passed/Adopted                                           
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*3/15/95  Tabled.                                                               
*3/17/95  Taken from table.                                                     
                                                                                
Code Sections amended:                                                          


SR 242                                            LC 22 1648






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Urging federal action to allow uniform scale tolerances
  1- 2  regarding truck weights; and for other purposes.

  1- 3  WHEREAS, the Georgia Department of Transportation has urged
  1- 4  the Federal Highway Administration to allow additional state
  1- 5  action on truck weights; and

  1- 6  WHEREAS, since state requirements were locked in by federal
  1- 7  mandate, there have been road improvements and changes in
  1- 8  agriculture, forestry, trucking, and commerce; and

  1- 9  WHEREAS, some of our surrounding states allow scale
  1-10  tolerances not permitted in Georgia and this places our
  1-11  state in an untenable position; and

  1-12  WHEREAS, tolerances among neighboring states should be as
  1-13  uniform as possible; and

  1-14  WHEREAS, Georgia should be permitted to allow tolerances
  1-15  equal to the maximum granted by any state in our region; and

  1-16  WHEREAS, uniformity would impact favorably on agricultural
  1-17  growth and economic development.

  1-18  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the
  1-19  members of this body urge the Federal Highway Administration
  1-20  to provide for uniform tolerances among the several states.

  1-21  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is
  1-22  authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of
  1-23  this resolution to every member of the Georgia Congressional
  1-24  Delegation urging them to accomplish this objective through
  1-25  administrative action of the Federal Highway Administration
  1-26  or through an Act of Congress.












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