                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ANNUAL OVERWEIGHT PERMITS; FEES (§ 46.2-1140.1)

A. Except as otherwise provided, the annual fee for overweight permits issued
under &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-1141 through 46.2-1149.5 shall be $130, to be allocated
as follows: (i) $120 to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established
pursuant to &#xA7; 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 &#xA7;&#xA7; 33.2-319 and 33.2-366 being
redistributed on the basis of lane miles to the applicable localities pursuant
to &#xA7;&#xA7; 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 $10
administrative fee to the Department.
			Unless otherwise prohibited, overweight permits issued under &#xA7;&#xA7;
46.2-1141 through 46.2-1149.5 shall be valid on all unrestricted state and local
highways.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of any
emergency vehicle as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-1127.1, including firefighting
equipment, that requires a permit to be operated on the Interstate Highway
System because such emergency vehicle exceeds the weight limits set forth in
&#xA7; 46.2-1127.1 shall be exempt from the payment of any fees otherwise
charged by the Department for the issuance of such permit if such emergency
vehicle is registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company as
defined in &#xA7; 27-6.01.

HISTORY: 2012, c. 443; 2020, c. 975.