Bill > HF979

This bill modifies regulations for vehicles operating with permits for excessive size or weight, making several key changes to existing transportation laws. The bill allows all-systems permits to be valid on primary and secondary roads, including local truck routes, and requires local authorities to provide written justification if they want to designate certain roads as not valid for these permits. If a local authority designates roads as not valid for permitted vehicles, they must now cooperate with the state department of transportation to find an alternate route over the shortest practicable distance. The bill also adjusts weight and size permit tolerances, allowing vehicles to exceed standard size and weight limits by up to 12.5 percent (previously 12 percent), and introduces a new registration fee structure for single-trip permits, charging four dollars per ton for weight exceeding forty tons. Additionally, the bill removes a previous paragraph related to permit regulations and clarifies that single-trip permits can be used for registering a vehicle's combined gross weight on a single-trip basis. These changes aim to provide more flexibility for commercial vehicle operators while maintaining road safety and infrastructure preservation.

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