Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2357, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

D. On the tri-axle unit of a 4-axle single-unit vehicle hauling forest products, 64,000 pounds.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the weight tolerance for certain trucks by allowing a maximum load of 64,000 pounds on the tri-axle unit of a 4-axle single-unit vehicle that carries certain materials. These materials include building materials that absorb moisture during delivery originating and terminating within the State, bark, sawdust, firewood, sawed lumber, dimension lumber, pulpwood, wood chips, logs, soil, unconsolidated rock material including limestone, bolts, farm produce, road salt, manufacturer's concrete products, solid waste or incinerator ash, highway construction materials, products requiring refrigeration and raw ore when transported from a mine or quarry to a place of processing. Under current law, the tolerance applies only to the tri-axle unit of a 4-axle single-unit vehicle that carries forest products.