| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2395, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, are amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Designation by the Department of Transportation. The | | Department of Transportation may designate state and state aid | | highways and bridges over which restrictions on gross weight, | | speed, operation and equipment apply during periods of the year | | determined by the Department. It is unlawful for any vehicle to | | travel over public ways with a gross registered weight exceeding | | that prescribed by the Department and traveling with a load other | | than tools or equipment necessary for operation of the vehicle | | except as prescribed in paragraph A. |
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| | | A.__Home heating oil, kerosene and propane delivery vehicles | | are allowed when traveling to or from a delivery of home | | heating oil, kerosene or propane to travel on all local, | | state and federal posted heavy-loads-limited roads while | | having a gross registered weight or actual weight exceeding | | the weight limitation of the posted road.__Permits from the | | State or any political subdivision of the State for this | | purpose are not required for this exception. |
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| | | 4. Designation by counties and municipalities. County | | commissioners and municipal officers may designate public ways | | other than those in subsection 3 and impose restrictions within | | their respective jurisdictions similar to those made by the | | Department of Transportation under subsection 3. The exception | | in subsection 3, paragraph A for home heating oil, kerosene and | | propane delivery vehicles applies to counties and municipalities, | | and permits are not required for that exception. |
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| | | This bill provides an exemption for home heating oil, kerosene | | and propane delivery vehicles from the requirements of having to | | obtain permits in order to traverse posted roads when they are | | making deliveries. Currently, these vehicles obtain statewide | | exemption permits from the State for traveling on state roads. | | However, for local roads, if the municipality has not adopted the | | Maine Municipal Association model ordinance, the vehicle must | | apply at each municipality for the exemption to traverse the | | local roads. |
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