PRINTER'S NO. 3690
No. 2618 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, GEIST, BATTISTO, BARLEY AND MARSICO,
JUNE 8, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 8, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, authorizing special dump service registration; and
3 further providing for maximum gross weight of vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4910. Special dump service registration.
9 (a) General rule.--The department shall require a special
10 dump service registration for all dump trucks operated within
11 this Commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of sections 4941
12 (relating to maximum gross weight of vehicles) and 4943
13 (relating to maximum axle weight of vehicles). The department
14 shall stamp the words "dump service" on each registration card
15 issued for a vehicle registered under this section and may issue
16 special registration plates to distinguish registrations made
17 under this section.
18 (b) Exemption from weight requirements.--A vehicle operating
1 pursuant to the criteria of section 4943(b) shall be exempt from
2 the requirements of this section.
3 (c) Other state registrations.--The department may waive the
4 requirements of this section for vehicles registered by another
5 state provided that the other state does not require special
6 dump service registration for Commonwealth registered vehicles.
7 Section 2. Section 4941 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
8 subsection to read:
9 § 4941. Maximum gross weight of vehicles.
10 * * *
11 (d) Special application.--Notwithstanding the provisions of
12 this section, a truck with up to seven axles, which has two or
13 more steerable and braked lift-axles, may be operated on a
14 highway with a gross vehicle weight that does not exceed 80,000
15 pounds and provided the provisions of this section and section
16 4943 (relating to maximum axle weight of vehicles) are met.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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