PRINTER'S NO. 2587
No. 2059 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY BELLOMINI, ARTHURS, DeVERTER, GEESEY, KOLTER,
MILLIRON AND O'CONNELL, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for exemptions from registration
3 and authorizing special hauling permits for construction
4 contractors' trailers.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 102 of Title 75, act of November 25, 1970
8 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes, is amended by adding a definition to read:
10 § 102. Definitions.
11 Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
12 provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
13 provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
14 used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
15 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
16 * * *
17 "Contractor's trailer." A trailer employed as part of a
18 contractor's construction site facility and which is not moved
1 over the highways of the Commonwealth, except for occasional
2 movements from one construction site to another.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Section 1302(b)(4) of Title 75 is amended to
5 read:
6 § 1302. Vehicles subject to registration.
7 * * *
8 (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the
9 following:
10 * * *
11 (4) Any vehicle moved by special permit as provided for
12 in sections 4961(a)(5) (relating to authority to issue
13 permits), 4965 (relating to single permits for multiple
14 highway crossings), 4966 (relating to permit for movement of
15 quarry equipment), and 4970 (relating to permit for movement
16 of utility construction equipment).
17 * * *
18 Section 3. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
19 § 1942.1. Special hauling permits for contractors' trailers.
20 The fee for a special hauling permit for each movement of a
21 contractors' trailer as provided in section 4961(a)(5) (relating
22 to authority to issue permits) shall be $20.
23 Section 4. Section 4961(a) of Title 75 is amended to read:
24 § 4961. Authority to issue permits.
25 (a) General rule.--The department and local authorities with
26 respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may,
27 upon application in writing showing good cause, issue special
28 permits in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move
29 on specified highways any of the following:
30 (1) A vehicle which when unloaded exceeds the maximum
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1 size specified in Subchapter B (relating to width, height and
2 length) or the maximum weights specified in Subchapter C
3 (relating to maximum weights of vehicles).
4 (2) A combination carrying a nondivisible load and
5 exceeding the maximum size specified in Subchapter B or the
6 maximum weights specified in Subchapter C.
7 (3) A vehicle containing a nondivisible load which
8 exceeds the maximum width specified in section 4921(a)
9 (relating to width of vehicles).
10 (4) A mobile home.
11 (5) A contractor's trailer.
12 * * *
13 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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