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H0231............................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
MOTOR VEHICLES - STUDDED TIRES - Amends existing law to prohibit the use of
studded tires between specified dates; to provide exceptions; to establish
weight and protrusion standards for studs in tires; and to prohibit certain
trade practices in the tire industry.
02/11 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27 3rd rdg - PASSED - 56-10-4
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
Denney, Douglas, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner,
Garrett, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- Barrett, Eberle, Eskridge, Harwood, Kulczyk, McGeachin,
Naccarato, Nielsen, Sali, Schaefer
Absent and excused -- Deal, Kellogg, Trail, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Smith(24)
Title apvd - to Senate
02/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/13 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason(Rouse), Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Geddes,
Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley,
McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Gannon
Floor Sponsor - Keough
Title apvd - to House
03/14 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed
03/20 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 124
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 231
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 49-948, IDAHO CODE, TO PROHIBIT THE
3 USE OF STUDDED TIRES BETWEEN SPECIFIED DATES AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO
4 ESTABLISH WEIGHT AND PROTRUSION STANDARDS FOR STUDS IN TIRES AND TO PRO-
5 HIBIT CERTAIN TRADE PRACTICES.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-948, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 49-948. RESTRICTIONS AS TO TIRE EQUIPMENT. (1) Every solid rubber tire on
10 a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one (1)
11 inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
12 (2) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle,
13 trailer, or semitrailer having any metal tire in contact with the highway.
14 (3) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery
15 any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other protuberance of any mate-
16 rial other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface
17 of the tire, except as allowed herein. It shall be permissible to use farm
18 machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway,
19 and it shall be permissible to use tire chains. Tires with bBuilt-in lugs of
20 tungsten carbide or other suitable material, of reasonable proportions herein-
21 after called studs, may be used upon any vehicle when required for safety
22 because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid,
23 that will not unduly damage the highway, may be inserted if approved by the
24 board. The board shall have the power to revoke any permission for built-in
25 lugs at any time it may determine the lugs are unduly damaging the highways.
26 Motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers with tires having built-in studs are
27 prohibited on public highways between the dates of May 1 and September 30,
28 annually, except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection:
29 (a) Fire pumper/tanker trucks and ladder trucks belonging to fire depart-
30 ments and firefighting agencies are exempt from the prohibited dates.
31 (b) Special exemptions from the prohibited dates may be granted by the
32 Idaho transportation board if it is found by the board that enhancements
33 to public safety outweigh the increased pavement wear.
34 (4) Commercial tire retailers shall not sell studded tires with studs
35 exceeding the following weight and protrusion limitations after July 1, 2005.
36 Commercial tire retailers and tire shops shall not manually install studs
37 exceeding the following weight and protrusion limitations after July 1, 2005.
38 (a) Studs shall not protrude more than six-hundredths (.06) of an inch
39 from the surface of the tire tread when originally installed.
40 (b) Stud size shall be as recommended by the manufacturer of the tire for
41 the type and size of the tire.
42 (c) Studs shall individually weigh no more than one and one-half (1.5)
43 grams if the stud is size 14 or less.
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1 (d) Studs shall individually weigh no more than two and three-tenths
2 (2.3) grams if the stud size is 15 or 16.
3 (e) Studs shall individually weigh no more than three (3) grams if the
4 stud size is 17 or larger.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12826C1
To control the weights of studs in winter snow tires and to control
the installation of studs in winter snow tires by commercial tire
shops
This proposed legislation will amend Section 49-948, Idaho Code, in
an effort to reduce the amount of pavement wear caused by studded
winter snow tires by controlling the weights of studs allowed to be
installed by commercial tire shops. This proposal would also
codify the annual period that studded snow tires are prohibited and
provide for exceptions to the prohibited period for special
vehicles and special conditions. This proposal would eliminate the
need for Idaho Transportation Administrative Rule 39.03.46 that
currently addresses studded snow tire requirements. That rule will
be repealed if this legislation is adopted.
It has been proven by laboratory testing that the amount of
pavement wear as exhibited by rutting from studded tire abrasion of
a pavement is in direct proportion to the weight of the studs in
studded winter tires, every thing else being equal. Reducing the
weights of studs to the values specified in the proposed
legislation would reduce studded tire pavement wear by half. The
lighter-weight studs would perform under winter driving conditions
about as well as the heavier weight studs now being used, according
to studies conducted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
Commercial tire retailers would have until July 1, 2005 to sell off
their existing inventory of heavier weight studs. After July 1,
2005, only tires with lightweight studs could be sold.
FISCAL IMPACT
If this proposal were to become law the fiscal impact on the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD) would be favorable due to increased
pavement life. Although ITD has not attempted to quantify the added
cost of pavement wear caused by studded tires, other States have.
As stated in the Idaho Transportation Department special report on
studded tires to the Fifty-Fifth Idaho Legislature Second Regular
Session-2000, Alaska estimated the annual cost to repair pavements
damaged by studded tires to be $5 million and Oregon estimated the
annual cost at $24 million.
CONTACT
Name: Greg Laragan
Agency: Idaho Transportation Department
Phone: 208-334-8535
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