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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5 – Truck weights, Idaho hwys, control

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5

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HJM005....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
TRUCK WEIGHTS - Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting the
Congress of the United States to eliminate the preemption under the 1991
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) which prevents
Idaho from determining truck weights on interstate highways within its
jurisdiction and allow Idaho to fulfill its obligation to its citizens to
promote efficient freight transportation on all Idaho highways.
                                                                        
02/20    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21    Rpt prt - to Transp
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/13    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Mr. Speaker
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                 HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED  STATES  IN  CONGRESS
  3        ASSEMBLED,  AND  TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
  4        IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  5        We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of  the
  6    State  of  Idaho  assembled  in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
  7    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS, since congressional enactment  of  the  1991  Intermodal  Surface
  9    Transportation  Efficiency Act (ISTEA), states of the United States, including
 10    Idaho, have been preempted by operation of Section 1023 of ISTEA, from  deter-
 11    mining truck combination weights on the Interstate Highway System within their
 12    respective jurisdictions; and
 13        WHEREAS,  this has prevented Idaho shippers, consumers, motor carriers and
 14    motorists from realizing any of the benefits inherent  in  a  greater  use  of
 15    longer  combination  vehicles,  among  which  are  reduction in truck traffic,
 16    reduction in axle weights, extension of pavement life,  reduction  in  exhaust
 17    emissions,  reduction  in traffic fatalities, reduction in shipping costs, and
 18    improved economic competitiveness with states that had more efficient combina-
 19    tions in effect at the time the arbitrary date for change was set; and
 20        WHEREAS, Idaho must have the advantages of such benefits as cited and,  in
 21    addition,  must  have  the  flexibility to set combination weights for routes,
 22    currently unbuilt, but which might be built prior to the time the next federal
 23    highway bill expires; and
 24        WHEREAS, it must be conceded that the "freeze" has  not  resulted  in  any
 25    benefit  for the federal government or any state and has no potential to be of
 26    any benefit if it were allowed to continue; and
 27        WHEREAS, the prestigious regional organization of which the state of Idaho
 28    is such an integral part, the  Multistate  Highway  Transportation  Agreement,
 29    has,  since  the enactment of the "freeze," called for an end to this mandate;
 30    and
 31        WHEREAS, Special Report No. 267, released in  2002  by  the  distinguished
 32    Transportation  Research  Board,  calls  for states to become progressive with
 33    their truck size and weight laws, in conformance with the federal bridge  for-
 34    mula B, an act that cannot be achieved without an end to the "freeze."
 35        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 36    of  the  Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
 37    Senate concurring therein, that we urge the federal  government  to  eliminate
 38    the  preemption  which prevents Idaho from determining truck weights on inter-
 39    state highways within its jurisdiction and allow Idaho to fulfill its  obliga-
 40    tion  to its citizens to promote efficient freight transportation on all Idaho
 41    highways.
 42        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the  House  of  Representa-
 43    tives  be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
 44    Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    sentatives of Congress, and  the  congressional  delegation  representing  the
  2    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13016
Memorial to Senate and House of the United States Congress
assembled and to Idaho's Congressional Delegation to lift the
freeze imposed by 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Act
(ISTEA)now T-21 on a states right to determine truck combination
weight on the Interstate Highway System within their respective
jurisdictions.

Special Report No. 267, released in 2002 by the distinguished
Transportation Board, calls for states to become progressive with
their truck size and weight laws, in conformance with the federal
bridge formula B, an act that cannot be achieved without an end
to the "freeze."
                          FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact.


Contact
Name: Rep. JoAn Wood 
Phone: 208-332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE       HJM 5