CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1993, 2021 PRINTER'S NO. 2024
No. 1643 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. CORNELL AND NAHILL, JULY 11, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 11, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for weights of vehicles and for
3 penalties for weight violations.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 1916 and 4943 of Title 75, act of
7 November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes, are amended to read:
9 § 1916. Trucks and truck tractors.
10 The annual fee for registration of a truck or truck tractor
11 shall be determined by its registered gross weight or
12 combination weight in pounds according to the following table:
13 Class Registered Fee
14 Gross or Combination
15 Weight in Pounds
16 1 5,000 or less $ 39
17 2 5,001 - 7,000 52
18 3 7,001 - 9,000 [84] 100
1 4 9,001 - 11,000 [108] 130 2 5 11,001 - 14,000 [132] 160 3 6 14,001 - 17,000 [156] 190 4 7 17,001 - 21,000 [192] 230 5 8 21,001 - 26,000 [216] 260 6 9 26,001 - 30,000 [252] 310 7 10 30,001 - 33,000 [300] 370 8 11 33,001 - 36,000 [324] 410 9 12 36,001 - 40,000 [342] 430 10 13 40,001 - 44,000 [360] 460 11 14 44,001 - 48,000 [384] 480 12 15 48,001 - 52,000 [420] 520 13 16 52,001 - 56,000 [444] 540 14 17 56,001 - 60,000 [501] 600 15 18 60,001 - 64,000 [552] 650 16 19 64,001 - 68,000 [576] 670 17 20 68,001 - 73,280 [606] 700 18 21 73,281 - 76,000 860 19 22 76,001 - 78,000 880 20 23 78,001 - 78,500 900 21 24 78,501 - 79,000 910 22 25 79,001 - 80,000 920 23 § 4943. Maximum axle weight of vehicles. 24 (a) General rule.--[No] Except those vehicles listed in 25 subsection (c), no motor vehicle or combination shall, when 26 operated upon a highway, have a weight upon each of two adjacent 27 axles in excess of the following: 28 Maximum Axle Weight in Pounds Upon: 29 If the Center-to Center 30 Distance Between Two One of Two Other of Two 19790H1643B2024 - 2 -
1 Adjacent Axles is: Adjacent Axles Adjacent Axles 2 Under 6 feet 18,000 18,000 3 6 to 8 feet 18,000 22,400 4 Over 8 feet 22,400 22,400 5 (b) Location of front axle of semitrailer.--No semitrailer, 6 originally in this Commonwealth on or after September 1, 1973, 7 and having two or more axles, shall be operated upon a highway 8 unless the foremost axle of the semitrailer is at least 12 feet 9 from the rearmost axle of the towing vehicle. 10 (c) Excluded vehicles.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 11 apply to: 12 (1) Vehicles engaged in construction work and in the 13 transportation of loose commodities such as sand, stone, 14 gravel, asphalt materials for road building and excavation 15 materials. 16 (2) Concrete mixers. 17 (3) Agricultural vehicles transporting bulk feed, 18 fertilizer and similar loose products. 19 (4) Vehicles engaged in hauling garbage and refuse. 20 (5) Vehicles carrying materials from demolition work. 21 The vehicles listed in this subsection shall be subject to gross 22 weight violations but shall not be subject to wheel weight 23 violations. 24 Section 2. Section 4945 of Title 75 of the act is amended by 25 adding a subsection to read: 26 § 4945. Penalties for exceeding maximum weights. 27 * * * 28 (e) Lift axle violations.--Any person operating a vehicle 29 with the lift axle not properly placed on the highway is guilty 30 of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to 19790H1643B2024 - 3 -
1 pay a fine double the axle weight violation that would be 2 imposed if the lift axle were fully retracted. 3 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. F28L60RC/19790H1643B2024 - 4 -