Sec. 13. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶J, as amended by PL 2001, c. 267, §13 and affected by §16, is further amended by repealing subparagraph (6).

Sec. 14. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶J, as amended by PL 2001, c. 267, §13 and affected by §16, is further amended by adding at the end new subparagraphs (13) and (14) to read:

(13)__The maximum gross weight of the truck tractor and semitrailer combination may not exceed 80,000 pounds or the maximum gross vehicle weight permitted by subchapter 1, whichever is less, whenever the vehicle is traveling on the Maine Turnpike or Interstate 95 from the southern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire state line.

(14)__This paragraph does not apply to a trailer or semitrailer when transporting or returning empty from transporting a nondivisible load or object under the provisions of an overlimit permit granted by section 2382.

SUMMARY

This bill clarifies that certain definitions apply to the entire Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A.

This bill restores the gross vehicle weight reduction provisions for shorter wheelbase 6-axle combination vehicles that were inadvertently repealed in 1999.

This bill provides that an overlimit permit will also cover the trailer or semitrailer used to haul the overlimit load, in the event that the trailer or semitrailer also exceeds normal width or length limits.

This bill makes clear that the same length provisions apply on the network designated by the Commissioner of Transportation for double 28 1/2 trailer-semitrailer vehicles as would apply on the national highway network.

This bill repeals the lift axle prohibition for vehicles hauling semitrailers between 48 feet and 53 feet in length.

This bill restores the 80,000-pound gross vehicle weight