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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0218
Semitrailers-maximum trailer length.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Allred and Banks and Senator(s) Dockstader
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; extending the maximum
2 permissible length for semitrailers; and providing for an
3 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. 31-18-802(a)(iv)(B) is amended to
8 read:
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10 31-18-802. General requirements.
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12 (a) All vehicles operated on the highways of this
13 state shall comply with the following:
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1 (iv) Length-all highways, except as provided in
2 31-18-803(a):
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4 (B) In a truck-tractor semitrailer
5 combination, no semitrailer shall exceed sixty (60) feet in
6 length. In a truck-tractor, semitrailer, trailer
7 combination or truck-tractor double semitrailer
8 combination, the length of the semitrailer shall not exceed
9 forty-eight (48) fifty-three (53) feet and the length of
10 the trailer or second semitrailer shall not exceed forty
11 (40) feet. The combined length of the semitrailer and
12 trailer or semitrailer shall not exceed eighty-one (81)
13 feet including connecting mechanisms. For any other
14 combination of vehicles the overall length shall not exceed
15 eighty-five (85) feet;
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17 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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19 (END)
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Statutes affected: Introduced: 31-18-802