Wyoming HB 317: Covering loads on Wyoming highways.

Bill Text

2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0770
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0317
Covering loads on Wyoming highways.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Locke
A BILL
for
1   AN  ACT  relating  to  motor  vehicles;  requiring  commercial 
2   motor  vehicles  to  cover  specified  loads  when  driving  on 
3   highways; and providing for an effective date.
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5   Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7        Section 1.  W.S. 31-18-603 is amended to read: 
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9        31-18-603.  Loads on vehicles.
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11        (a)  No  vehicle  shall  be  driven  or  moved  on  any 
12   highway  unless  the  vehicle  is  so  constructed  or  loaded  as 
13   to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking 
14   or otherwise escaping therefrom.
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1        (b)  No  vehicle  with  an  open  bed  transporting  dirt, 
2   gravel,  sand  or  rock  shall  be  driven  or  moved  on  any 
3   highway  unless  the  open  bed  is  securely  covered  with  a 
4   material that will prevent the load from dropping, sifting, 
5   leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
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7        (c)  This  section  does  not  prohibit  the  necessary 
8   spreading  of  any  substance  in  highway  maintenance  or 
9   construction operations. 
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11        Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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