HCSHB169--COTTONTRAILERS
SPONSOR: Brown(149)
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheSpecial
CommitteeonRuralIssuesbyavoteof13to0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
169.
Currently,themaximumspeedatwhichcottontrailersmaytravelis
40milesperhour.Thisbillincreasesthemaximumspeedto70
milesperhourandremovestherequirementthatthetraileristo
beusedexclusivelyfortransportingcotton.Thebillalso
specifiesthatcottontrailersarenotinviolationofthe
provisionsrelatingtosecuringofloadsifcertainconditionsare
metandnoportionoftheloadbecomesdislodged.
ThisbillisthesameasSSSB1298(2024).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatfarmershavemodernizedthe
methodsofharvestingandtransportingcottonandthatthemeansof
transportingcottonfromthefieldtotheginaresafer.In
addition,formanycottonfarmerstheymustusetheinterstateto
transportthecottontothegin.Thisbillwouldmodifythelaw
regardingtransportingcottontoreflecttheseimprovementsin
harvestingandtransporting.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative DonnieBrown
andMissouriFarmBureau.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.