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This wide-ranging technical cleanup bill makes numerous adjustments to Utah's motor vehicle laws, primarily standardizing how vehicle weight is described across the state code by replacing inconsistent terms like "gross laden weight" and "actual weight" with clearer terms such as "gross vehicle weight rating" and "gross combined weight rating." The bill would also allow rental car fleets to use alternative registration terms, end the issuance of special interest vehicle license plates, and exempt street-legal all-terrain vehicles from certain emissions inspection fees and odometer requirements. Additional changes include allowing new commercial vehicle conditional registrations to align with alternative registration periods, granting the Department of Transportation rulemaking authority to accommodate two-year registered vehicles in the road usage charge program, removing a requirement for owner's or operator's insurance security on vehicles that are registered but not driven on highways, and correcting a drafting error in a sales tax earmark. Most of these changes align existing law with current practice or fix inconsistencies rather than creating substantial new requirements.