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PRINTER'S NO. 35
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
58
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN AND SCHWANK, JANUARY 20, 2021
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 20, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fees, further providing for annual hauling
permits; and, in size, weight and load, further providing for
conditions of permits and security for damages and providing
for permit for movement of municipally hauled municipal solid
waste.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1943 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsection to read:
§ 1943. Annual hauling permits.
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(q.2) Municipally hauled municipal solid waste.--The annual
fee for the movement of municipally hauled municipal solid waste
under section 4979.7 (relating to permit for movement of
municipally hauled municipal solid waste) shall be $750.
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Section 2. Section 4962(f) of Title 75 is 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 and whole or unprocessed grain).
Section 4976.1 (relating to permit for movement of live
domestic animals).
Section 4976.2 (relating to permit for movement of eggs).
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
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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).
Section 4979.6 (relating to permit for movement of waste
tires).
Section 4979.7 (relating to permit for movement of
municipally hauled municipal solid waste).
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Section 3. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 4979.7. Permit for movement of municipally hauled municipal
solid waste.
(a) Permits authorized.--An annual permit may be issued
authorizing the movement on highways of municipally hauled
municipal solid waste that exceeds the maximum vehicle gross
weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of
vehicles) subject to the following limitations:
(1) The weight of a vehicle permitted under this section
may not exceed 95,000 pounds overall gross weight.
(2) The weight on a nonsteering axle may not exceed
21,000 pounds.
(b) Prohibition.--No permit may be issued for the type of
movement described in subsection (a) upon an interstate highway.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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