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2000 SESSION


CHAPTER 129
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1149 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trip permits for oversize and overweight unladen, rubber-tired, self-propelled haulers and loaders.
[H 707]
Approved March 17, 2000

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1149 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1149. Unladen, oversize and overweight, rubber-tired, self-propelled haulers and loaders; permits; engineering analysis; costs.

The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and local authorities of cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions, upon written application by the owner or operator of any empty, oversize and overweight, rubber-tired, self-propelled hauler or loader used in the construction and coal mining industries, may issue to such owner or operator a permit authorizing operation upon the highways of such equipment with gross empty weights in excess of those established in §§ 46.2-1122 through 46.2-1127 and sizes in excess of those established in §§ 46.2-1105 through 46.2-1108. The permits shall be issued only after an engineering analysis of a proposed routing has been conducted by the affected jurisdictions to assess the ability of the roadway and bridges to be traversed to sustain the vehicles' size and weight. Permits shall be issued on an individual trip basis and Costs will shall be assessed against the applicant to cover engineering analysis.

No permit issued under this section shall be valid for the operation of the equipment for a distance of more than thirty-five miles.