Annual permits for specified commercial loads.

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill text does not provide information about the effectiveness or impact of the new permitting system, leaving this as an open question.

Annual Permits for Certain Commercial Loads

This law allows the Department of Transportation to issue annual permits for hauling specific commercial loads, sets fees, and requires rulemaking.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the Department of Transportation to give out one-year permits for moving prefabricated buildings, panels, and trusses if they are not wider than 162 inches or taller than 15 feet. The fee is $400 per year.
• Permits the Department of Transportation to issue one-year permits for hauling forest products, baled hay, or combine headers if they do not exceed 112 inches in width and no single part is wider than 102 inches. The yearly fee is $200.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Transportation
• Companies that haul prefabricated buildings, panels, and trusses
• Businesses that transport forest products, baled hay, or combine headers

Terms To Know

Permit

A document allowing someone to do something specific, like hauling large loads on the road.

Indivisible load requirements

Rules about how big a load can be and still be moved as one piece without breaking it apart.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if someone violates the permit rules.
• It is unclear how many permits will be issued or how much money this will generate for the state.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0395

Bill No.:

HB0132

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0395

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0022

Chapter No.:

15

Prime Sponsor:

Smith, S

Catch Title:

Annual permits for specified commercial loads.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Annual permits for hauling specified commercial loads.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue annual permits for hauling prefabricated buildings, panels and trusses, if the load does not exceed one hundred sixty‑two (162) inches in width and fifteen (15) feet in height. This act imposes an annual fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for this permit.

This act authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue annual permits for hauling of forest products, baled hay or combine headers, if the load does not exceed one hundred twelve (112) inches in width and fifteen (15) feet in height and no single component of the load exceeds one hundred two (102) inches in width. This act imposes an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for this permit.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0395

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0132

ENROLLED ACT NO. 22,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing annual permits for hauling prefabricated buildings, panels and trusses; authorizing annual permits for hauling forest products, baled hay and combine headers; specifying permit fees; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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804 by creating new subsections (w) and (y) is amended to read:

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804.

Permits for and certain highways to carry, overweight and oversize vehicles; government vehicles.

(w)

For movements of a vehicle meeting indivisible load requirements, the director or his authorized representative may issue permits for separate movements or extended periods of movement effective for one (1) year permitting hauling of prefabricated buildings, panels and trusses. No permit issued under this subsection shall be granted for any load of prefabricated buildings, panels or trusses exceeding one hundred sixty
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two (162) inches in width and fifteen (15) feet in height. The fee for a one (1) year permit under this subsection is four hundred dollars ($400.00).

(y)

The director or the director's authorized representative may issue permits effective for one (1) year that permit the hauling of forest products, baled hay or combine headers. No permit issued under this subsection shall be granted for any load of forest products exceeding one hundred twelve (112) inches in width or any load of baled hay or combine headers exceeding one hundred fifty (150) inches in width and fifteen (15) feet in height. No single component of the load may exceed one hundred two (102) inches in width. The fee for a one (1) year permit issued under this subsection shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).

Section 2.

The department of transportation shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3
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(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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