PRINTER'S NO. 1703
No. 1398 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY BURD, HOWLETT, VROON, MORRIS, BOOK, GEIST, BARLEY,
PITTS, STEVENS, HASAY, GANNON, JOHNSON, CIVERA, MERRY, FOX,
BELFANTI, GODSHALL, HALUSKA, G. M. SNYDER, TRELLO, BUNT,
STABACK, SIRIANNI, TRUMAN, FARGO, HERSHEY, VAN HORNE, BOWSER,
GLADECK, DISTLER, BELARDI, McVERRY, KENNEY, LETTERMAN,
LIVENGOOD, PETRARCA, LESCOVITZ, WOZNIAK, STEIGHNER, KENNEDY,
LANGTRY, McCALL, BLACK, PHILLIPS, CESSAR, DeVERTER, WASS,
E. Z. TAYLOR, STAIRS AND F. E. TAYLOR, JUNE 10, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 10, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for reducing or readjusting of
3 loads.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4982(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4982. Reducing or readjusting loads of vehicles.
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10 (c) Load adjustment to avoid prosecution.--If the gross
11 weight of the vehicle or combination does not exceed the maximum
12 allowable gross weight and the weight upon any axle or group of
13 axles is [not] more than 3% in excess of the maximum allowable
14 axle weight, the operator shall be allowed four hours to adjust
15 the position of the load so that the weight upon all wheels,
1 tires, axles and groups of axles does not exceed the maximum
2 allowable weights. If the load is so rearranged no arrest shall
3 be made or prosecution brought for violation of Subchapter C
4 (relating to maximum weights of vehicles).
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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