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The fee for such permits shall be $250, to be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530 to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the Department.\n\t\tPermits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. No permit issued under this section shall authorize violation of any weight limitation, promulgated and posted in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-1130, applicable to bridges or culverts. Permits issued under this section shall authorize extensions of the limitation provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1128 for vehicles operating on interstate highways only to the extent that any such extension (i) is not inconsistent with federal law and (ii) will not jeopardize or require the withholding or reduction of federal transportation funding otherwise available to the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1142, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall be tolerated.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303654,"text":"Owners or operators of vehicles used exclusively to haul concrete may apply for permits to extend the single axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, the tandem axle weight limit of 40,000 pounds, the four axle weight of 70,000 pounds, the tri-axle grouping weight of 50,000 pounds, and the three-axle weight of 60,000 pounds provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1142, by a maximum of five percent. The fee for such permits shall be $250, to be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530 to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the Department.\n\t\tPermits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. No permit issued under this section shall authorize violation of any weight limitation, promulgated and posted in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-1130, applicable to bridges or culverts. Permits issued under this section shall authorize extensions of the limitation provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1128 for vehicles operating on interstate highways only to the extent that any such extension (i) is not inconsistent with federal law and (ii) will not jeopardize or require the withholding or reduction of federal transportation funding otherwise available to the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7 46.2-1142, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall be tolerated.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14086,"edition_id":1,"name":"Permits for Excessive Size and Weight","identifier":"18","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12828,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:50","permalink":{"id":228991,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14086,"identifier":"18","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12828,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228599,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12828,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":68738,"structure_id":14086,"section_number":"46.2-1139","catch_line":"Permits for excessive size and weight generally; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 195 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. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0283\">283<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0265\">265<\/a>; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0822\">822<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0857\">857<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0443\">443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":71884,"section_number":"46.2-1128","catch_line":"Extensions of weight limits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1128\/"},{"id":75262,"section_number":"46.2-1130","catch_line":"Crossing bridge or culvert by vehicle heavier than allowed; where weight signs to be erected","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1130\/"},{"id":85947,"section_number":"46.2-1142","catch_line":"Overweight permits for concrete haulers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1142\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84732,"identifier":"46.2-1142.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1142.1","url":"\/46.2-1142.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1142.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1142.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Extensions of overweight limits authorized under \u00a7 46.2-1142 for vehicles used to haul concrete; fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1142.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Owners<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operators<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> used exclusively to haul concrete may apply for permits to extend the single axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, the tandem axle weight limit of 40,000 pounds, the four axle weight of 70,000 pounds, the tri-axle grouping weight of 50,000 pounds, and the three-axle weight of 60,000 pounds provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Overweight permits for concrete haulers\" href=\"\/46.2-1142\/\">46.2-1142<\/a>, by a maximum of five percent. The fee for such permits shall be $250, to be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into the <span class=\"dictionary\">Highway<\/span> Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund\" href=\"\/33.2-1530\/\">33.2-1530<\/a> to be used to assist in funding needed <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>.\n\t\tPermits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. No permit issued under this section shall authorize violation of any weight limitation, promulgated and posted in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Crossing bridge or culvert by vehicle heavier than allowed; where weight signs to be erected\" href=\"\/46.2-1130\/\">46.2-1130<\/a>, applicable to bridges or culverts. Permits issued under this section shall authorize extensions of the limitation provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Extensions of weight limits; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-1128\/\">46.2-1128<\/a> for <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> operating on interstate <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> only to the extent that any such extension (i) is not inconsistent with federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and (ii) will not jeopardize or require the withholding or reduction of federal transportation funding otherwise available to the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall make the permit available to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> registered outside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are applicable to <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> registered within the Commonwealth. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this section and \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Overweight permits for concrete haulers\" href=\"\/46.2-1142\/\">46.2-1142<\/a>, no weights in excess of those authorized by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> shall be tolerated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXTENSIONS OF OVERWEIGHT LIMITS AUTHORIZED UNDER \u00a7 46.2-1142 FOR VEHICLES USED\nTO HAUL CONCRETE; FEES (\u00a7 46.2-1142.1)\n\nOwners or operators of vehicles used exclusively to haul concrete may apply for\npermits to extend the single axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, the tandem axle\nweight limit of 40,000 pounds, the four axle weight of 70,000 pounds, the\ntri-axle grouping weight of 50,000 pounds, and the three-axle weight of 60,000\npounds provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1142, by a maximum of five percent. The fee for\nsuch permits shall be $250, to be allocated as follows: (i) $245 deposited into\nthe Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530\nto be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance\nand rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the Department.\n\t\tPermits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of\nissuance. No permit issued under this section shall authorize violation of any\nweight limitation, promulgated and posted in accordance with \u00a7 46.2-1130,\napplicable to bridges or culverts. Permits issued under this section shall\nauthorize extensions of the limitation provided for in \u00a7 46.2-1128 for vehicles\noperating on interstate highways only to the extent that any such extension (i)\nis not inconsistent with federal law and (ii) will not jeopardize or require the\nwithholding or reduction of federal transportation funding otherwise available\nto the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall make the permit available to vehicles registered\noutside the Commonwealth under the same conditions and restrictions which are\napplicable to vehicles registered within the Commonwealth. The Commissioner may\npromulgate regulations governing such permits. Except as provided in this\nsection and \u00a7 46.2-1142, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall\nbe tolerated.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 195; 1997, c. 283; 2000, c. 265; 2001, cc. 822, 857; 2012, c.\n443.","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}}