AN ACT to amend and reenact §17C-17-8a, §17C-17-9 and §17C-17-11d of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-17-9a; and to amend and reenact §17C-17A-1, §17C-17A-3, §17C-17A-6 and §17C-17A-12 of said code, all relating generally to regulating the weights of vehicles on roads and highways; authorizing tolerances for certain gross weight vehicle loads; requiring compliance with weight load limits on the national system of interstate and defense highways; providing tolerance limits for maximum gross vehicle weights; adding roads and highways eligible to qualify as part of the coal resource transportation road system; limiting certain reporting requirements relating to coal hauled on coal resource transportation roads; requiring certain receivers to report receiving vehicles transporting coal in excess of eighty-eight thousand pounds on non-coal transportation highways to the public service commission; and authorizing the commissioner of the division of highways to designate certain public roads, highways and bridges as feeder roads and designate them on a temporary basis as being qualified for inclusion in the coal resource transportation system.
ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD.
§17C-17-8a. Tandem-axle load limit for the national system of interstate and defense highways.
§17C-17-9. Gross weight of vehicles and loads for the national system of interstate and defense highways.
Distance in feet between the extremes of any groups of two or more consecutive | Maximum load in pounds carried on any group of two or more consecutive axles |
§17C-17A-3. Authority of the division of highways and public service commission generally.
§17C-17A-6. Reporting requirements for shippers, vehicle owners and receivers of coal transported on public highways.
§17C-17A-12. Designating special coal resource transportation roads, highways and bridges.