THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, RAPP, CAUSER, GEIST, BEYER, P. COSTA, DENLINGER, DERMODY, FLECK, HARHAI, HESS, KORTZ, LEVDANSKY, MAHONEY, OBERLANDER, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY AND SWANGER, JUNE 26, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 26, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in size, weight and load, further providing for

conditions of permits and security for damages and for permit

for movement of bulk refined oil; and providing for permit

for movement of nonhazardous liquid glue.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sections 4962(f) and 4979.1 of Title 75 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 4962.  Conditions of permits and security for damages.

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(f)  When loads permitted.--Only vehicles and combinations

permitted under the following provisions shall be authorized to

carry or haul loads while operating under the permit:

Section 4961(a)(2), (3) and (6) (relating to authority to

issue permits).

Section 4965 (relating to single permits for multiple

highway crossings).

Section 4968 (relating to permit for movement during

course of manufacture).

Section 4974 (relating to permit for movement of

containerized cargo).

Section 4975 (relating to permit for movement of special

mobile equipment).

Section 4976 (relating to permit for movement of domestic

animal feed).

Section 4976.1 (relating to permit for movement of live

domestic animals).

Section 4977 (relating to permit for movement of wooden

structures).

Section 4978 (relating to permit for movement of building

structural components).

Section 4979 (relating to permit for movement of

particleboard or fiberboard used in the manufacture of ready-

to-assemble furniture).

Section 4979.1 (relating to permit for movement of bulk

refined oil).

Section 4979.2 (relating to permit for movement of waste

coal and beneficial combustion ash).

Section 4979.3 (relating to permit for movement of float

glass or flat glass for use in construction and other end

uses).

Section 4979.4 (relating to permit for movement of self-

propelled cranes).

Section 4979.5 (relating to permit for movement of

nonhazardous liquid glue).

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§ 4979.1.  Permit for movement of bulk refined oil.

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on

specified highways of refined oil in bulk between a refinery and

a distribution facility which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross

weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of

vehicles). Permits issued under this section shall not exceed a

distance of [50] 125 miles. The weight of any vehicle permitted

under this section may not exceed 107,000 pounds overall gross

weight and shall have the following maximum axle weight limits

for all nonsteering axles:

No permit may be issued for this type of movement upon an

interstate highway.

Section 2.  Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 4979.5.  Permit for movement of nonhazardous liquid glue.

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on

specified highways of nonhazardous liquid glue in bulk between a

chemical plant and a particleboard or fiberboard manufacturing

facility which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight

specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum wights of

vehicles). Permits issued under this section shall not exceed a

distance of 75 miles. The weight of any vehicle permitted under

this section may not exceed 105,000 pounds overall gross weight

and shall have the following maximum axle weight limits for all

nonsteering axles:

No permit may be issued for this type of movement upon an

interstate highway.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.