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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 18 of Chapter 10 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1149.1 as follows:
§ 46.2-1149.1. Excess tandem axle weight permits for cotton module haulers.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board, upon application made by the owner or operator of vehicles used exclusively to transport seed cotton modules, shall issue without cost a permit authorizing the operation on the highway of such vehicles at tandem axle weights in excess of that authorized in § 46.2-1125. The Commonwealth Transportation Board shall promulgate regulations governing such permits. Such permits shall allow the vehicles to have tandem axle weights of no more than 40,000 pounds. No permit issued under this section shall authorize a single axle weight in excess of that authorized in § 46.2-1124 or a gross weight in excess of that authorized in § 46.2-1126.