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The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Such permits shall allow the vehicles to have tandem axle weights of no more than 44,000 pounds. No permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight in excess of that authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1124 or a gross weight in excess of 56,000 pounds.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be $45, to be allocated as follows: (i) $40 to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530, with a portion equal to the percentage of the Commonwealth&#8217;s total lane miles represented by the lane miles eligible for maintenance payments pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366 being redistributed on the basis of lane miles to the applicable localities pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366, to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":291882,"text":"The Commissioner, upon application made by the owner or operator of vehicles used exclusively to transport seed cotton modules, shall issue a permit authorizing the operation on the highway of such vehicles, from September 1 through December 31 of each year, at tandem axle weights in excess of that authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1125. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Such permits shall allow the vehicles to have tandem axle weights of no more than 44,000 pounds. No permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight in excess of that authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1124 or a gross weight in excess of 56,000 pounds.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be $45, to be allocated as follows: (i) $40 to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530, with a portion equal to the percentage of the Commonwealth&#8217;s total lane miles represented by the lane miles eligible for maintenance payments pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366 being redistributed on the basis of lane miles to the applicable localities pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366, to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement and bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to the Department.","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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0419\">419<\/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 3 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 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0029\">29<\/a>, <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":[{"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":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":81854,"section_number":"46.2-1124","catch_line":"Maximum single axle weight, generally; maximum weight per inch of tire width","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1124\/"},{"id":64875,"section_number":"46.2-1125","catch_line":"Maximum tandem axle weight, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1125\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81466,"identifier":"46.2-1149.1","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1149.1","url":"\/46.2-1149.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1149.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/18\/46.2-1149.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Excess tandem axle weight permits for cotton module haulers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1149.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, upon application made by the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> used exclusively to transport seed cotton modules, shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a permit authorizing the operation on the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span>, from September 1 through December 31 of each year, at tandem axle weights in excess of that authorized in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Maximum tandem axle weight, generally\" href=\"\/46.2-1125\/\">46.2-1125<\/a>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may promulgate regulations governing such permits. Such permits shall allow the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> to have tandem axle weights of no more than 44,000 pounds. No permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight in excess of that authorized in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Maximum single axle weight, generally; maximum weight per inch of tire width\" href=\"\/46.2-1124\/\">46.2-1124<\/a> or a <span class=\"dictionary\">gross weight<\/span> in excess of 56,000 pounds.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be $45, to be allocated as follows: (i) $40 to 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>, with a portion equal to the percentage of the Commonwealth&#8217;s total <span class=\"dictionary\">lane<\/span> miles represented by the <span class=\"dictionary\">lane<\/span> miles eligible for maintenance payments pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways\" href=\"\/33.2-319\/\">33.2-319<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system\" href=\"\/33.2-366\/\">33.2-366<\/a> being redistributed on the basis of <span class=\"dictionary\">lane<\/span> miles to the applicable localities pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways\" href=\"\/33.2-319\/\">33.2-319<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Funds for counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway system\" href=\"\/33.2-366\/\">33.2-366<\/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>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCESS TANDEM AXLE WEIGHT PERMITS FOR COTTON MODULE HAULERS (\u00a7 46.2-1149.1)\n\nThe Commissioner, upon application made by the owner or operator of vehicles\nused exclusively to transport seed cotton modules, shall issue a permit\nauthorizing the operation on the highway of such vehicles, from September 1\nthrough December 31 of each year, at tandem axle weights in excess of that\nauthorized in \u00a7 46.2-1125. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations\ngoverning such permits. Such permits shall allow the vehicles to have tandem\naxle weights of no more than 44,000 pounds. No permit issued under this section\nshall authorize a single axle weight in excess of that authorized in \u00a7\n46.2-1124 or a gross weight in excess of 56,000 pounds.\n\t\tThe fee for a permit issued under this section shall be $45, to be allocated\nas follows: (i) $40 to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established\npursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530, with a portion equal to the percentage of the\nCommonwealth&#8217;s total lane miles represented by the lane miles eligible for\nmaintenance payments pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-319 and 33.2-366 being redistributed\non the basis of lane miles to the applicable localities pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7\n33.2-319 and 33.2-366, to be used to assist in funding needed highway pavement\nand bridge maintenance and rehabilitation and (ii) a $5 administrative fee to\nthe Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 419; 1996, cc. 29, 36, 87; 2003, c. 314; 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}}