                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXTENSIONS OF OVERWEIGHT LIMITS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 46.2-1142 FOR VEHICLES USED
TO HAUL CONCRETE; FEES (§ 46.2-1142.1)

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 § 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 § 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.
		Permits 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 § 46.2-1130,
applicable to bridges or culverts. Permits issued under this section shall
authorize extensions of the limitation provided for in § 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.
		The 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 § 46.2-1142, no weights in excess of those authorized by law shall
be tolerated.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 195; 1997, c. 283; 2000, c. 265; 2001, cc. 822, 857; 2012, c.
443.