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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 62 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 1973 \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 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0036\">36<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0087\">87<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0314\">314<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0443\">443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59875,"section_number":"46.2-1140.1","catch_line":"Annual overweight permits; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1140.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60603,"identifier":"46.2-1147","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1147","url":"\/46.2-1147\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1147\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1147","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permits for excessive size and weight for articulated buses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1147","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, upon written application by the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of passenger buses having three or more axles consisting of two sections joined together by an articulated joint with the <span class=\"dictionary\">trailer<\/span> being equipped with a mechanically steered rear axle, and having a <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> of no more than 60,000 pounds, a single axle weight of no more than 25,000 pounds, and a width of no more than 102 inches, shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> to such <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> a written permit authorizing the operation of such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span>. The fee for such permit shall be as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Annual overweight permits; fees\" href=\"\/46.2-1140.1\/\">46.2-1140.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMITS FOR EXCESSIVE SIZE AND WEIGHT FOR ARTICULATED BUSES (\u00a7 46.2-1147)\n\nThe Commissioner, upon written application by the owner or operator of passenger\nbuses having three or more axles consisting of two sections joined together by\nan articulated joint with the trailer being equipped with a mechanically steered\nrear axle, and having a gross weight of no more than 60,000 pounds, a single\naxle weight of no more than 25,000 pounds, and a width of no more than 102\ninches, shall issue to such owner or operator a written permit authorizing the\noperation of such vehicles on the highways. The fee for such permit shall be as\nprovided in \u00a7 46.2-1140.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 62, \u00a7 46.1-343.3; 1989, c. 727; 1996, cc. 36, 87; 2003, c.\n314; 2012, c. 443.","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}}