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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 443<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 975<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":74273,"section_number":"46.2-1141","catch_line":"Overweight permits for containerized freight and fluid milk","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1141\/"},{"id":85947,"section_number":"46.2-1142","catch_line":"Overweight permits for concrete haulers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1142\/"},{"id":55208,"section_number":"46.2-1143.1","catch_line":"Overweight permits for haulers of excavated material","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1143.1\/"},{"id":62856,"section_number":"46.2-1144","catch_line":"Overweight permits for solid waste haulers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1144\/"},{"id":70997,"section_number":"46.2-1144.1","catch_line":"Overweight permits for tank wagons","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1144.1\/"},{"id":70491,"section_number":"46.2-1144.2","catch_line":"Overweight permits for haulers of farm animal feed","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1144.2\/"},{"id":73819,"section_number":"46.2-1145.1","catch_line":"Overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1145.1\/"},{"id":60603,"section_number":"46.2-1147","catch_line":"Permits for excessive size and weight for articulated buses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1147\/"},{"id":65296,"section_number":"46.2-1148.1","catch_line":"Overweight permit for hauling forest products","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1148.1\/"},{"id":78882,"section_number":"46.2-1149.4","catch_line":"Overweight permits for specialized mobile equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1149.4\/"},{"id":74492,"section_number":"46.2-1149.5","catch_line":"Overweight permits for underground pipe cleaning, hydroexcavating, and water blasting equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1149.5\/"},{"id":63427,"section_number":"46.2-1149.8","catch_line":"Excess width permits for vehicles transporting watercraft","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1149.8\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66545,"section_number":"27-6.01","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-6.01\/"},{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":56954,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"},{"id":56905,"section_number":"33.2-366","catch_line":"Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-366\/"},{"id":65156,"section_number":"46.2-1127.1","catch_line":"Weight limit exception for certain emergency vehicles using the interstate highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1127.1\/"},{"id":74273,"section_number":"46.2-1141","catch_line":"Overweight permits for containerized freight and fluid milk","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1141\/"},{"id":74492,"section_number":"46.2-1149.5","catch_line":"Overweight permits for underground pipe cleaning, hydroexcavating, and water blasting equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1149.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59875,"identifier":"46.2-1140.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1140.1","url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1140.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual overweight permits; fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1140.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided, the annual fee for overweight permits issued under §§ 46.2-1141<\/a> through 46.2-1149.5<\/a> shall be $130, to be allocated as follows: (i) $120 to the Highway<\/span> Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to § 33.2-1530<\/a>, with a portion equal to the percentage of the Commonwealth’s total lane<\/span> miles represented by the lane<\/span> miles eligible for maintenance payments pursuant to §§ 33.2-319<\/a> and 33.2-366<\/a> being redistributed on the basis of lane<\/span> miles to the applicable localities pursuant to §§ 33.2-319<\/a> and 33.2-366<\/a>, to be used to assist in funding needed highway<\/span> pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $10 administrative fee to the Department<\/span>.\n\t\t\tUnless otherwise prohibited, overweight permits issued under §§ 46.2-1141<\/a> through 46.2-1149.5<\/a> shall be valid on all unrestricted state and local highways<\/span><\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the owner<\/span> or operator<\/span> of any emergency vehicle<\/span> as defined in § 46.2-1127.1<\/a>, including firefighting equipment, that requires a permit to be operated on the Interstate Highway<\/span> System because such emergency vehicle<\/span> exceeds the weight limits set forth in § 46.2-1127.1<\/a> shall be exempt from the payment of any fees otherwise charged by the Department<\/span> for the issuance of such permit if such emergency vehicle<\/span> is registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company as defined in § 27-6.01<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL OVERWEIGHT PERMITS; FEES (\u00a7 46.2-1140.1)\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided, the annual fee for overweight permits issued\nunder §§ 46.2-1141 through 46.2-1149.5 shall be $130, to be allocated\nas follows: (i) $120 to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established\npursuant to § 33.2-1530, with a portion equal to the percentage of the\nCommonwealth’s total lane miles represented by the lane miles eligible for\nmaintenance payments pursuant to §§ 33.2-319 and 33.2-366 being\nredistributed on the basis of lane miles to the applicable localities pursuant\nto §§ 33.2-319 and 33.2-366, to be used to assist in funding needed\nhighway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $10\nadministrative fee to the Department.\n\t\t\tUnless otherwise prohibited, overweight permits issued under §§\n46.2-1141 through 46.2-1149.5 shall be valid on all unrestricted state and local\nhighways.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of any\nemergency vehicle as defined in § 46.2-1127.1, including firefighting\nequipment, that requires a permit to be operated on the Interstate Highway\nSystem because such emergency vehicle exceeds the weight limits set forth in\n§ 46.2-1127.1 shall be exempt from the payment of any fees otherwise\ncharged by the Department for the issuance of such permit if such emergency\nvehicle is registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company as\ndefined in § 27-6.01.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 443; 2020, c. 975.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}