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                                  HOUSE BILL 2981

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Lisk, Edmondson, Chandler, Rayburn, McLean and Grant

 

Read first time 02/07/92.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Extending periods for overheight load permits.


     AN ACT Relating to operation of overheight loads; and amending RCW 46.44.0941.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 46.44.0941 and 1990 c 42 s 107 are each amended to read as follows:

     The following fees, in addition to the regular license and tonnage fees, shall be paid for all movements under special permit made upon state highways.  All funds collected, except the amount retained by authorized agents of the department as provided in RCW 46.44.096, shall be forwarded to the state treasury and shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund:

 

All overlegal loads, except overweight, single trip........................ $ 10.00

Continuous operation of overlegal loads having either

       overwidth or overheight features only, for a period

       not to exceed thirty days........................................... $ 20.00

Continuous operation of overlegal loads consisting only

       of empty fruit bins and having overheight

       features only, for a three-month period............................. $ 60.00

Continuous operation of overlegal loads consisting only

       of empty fruit bins and having overheight

       features only, for a period of one year............................ $ 240.00

Continuous operations of overlegal loads having overlength

       features only, for a period not to exceed thirty

       days................................................................ $ 10.00

Continuous operation of a combination of vehicles having

       one trailing unit that exceeds forty-eight feet and

       is not more than fifty-six feet in length, for a

       period of one year.................................................. $100.00

Continuous operation of a combination of vehicles having

       two trailing units which together exceed sixty feet

       and are not more than sixty-eight feet in length,

       for a period of one year............................................ $100.00

Continuous operation of a three-axle fixed load vehicle

       having less than 65,000 pounds gross weight, for a

       period not to exceed thirty days ................................... $ 70.00

Continuous operation of overlegal loads having

       nonreducible features not to exceed eighty-five feet

       in length and fourteen feet in width, for a period

       of one year......................................................... $150.00

 

       Continuous operation of farm implements under a permit issued as authorized by RCW 46.44.140 by:

 

(1) Farmers in the course of farming activities, for any

       three-month period.................................................. $ 10.00

(2) Farmers in the course of farming activities, for a

       period not to exceed one year....................................... $ 25.00

(3) Persons engaged in the business of the sale, repair,

       or maintenance of such farm implements, for any

       three-month period.................................................. $ 25.00

(4) Persons engaged in the business of the sale, repair,

       or maintenance of such farm implements, for a period

       not to exceed one year.............................................. $100.00

                                        

                              Overweight Fee Schedule

 

Weight over total registered

gross weight plus additional

gross weight purchased under

RCW 46.44.095 or

46.44.047, or any                                                           Fee per

other statute authorizing the state                                         mile on

department of transportation to issue                                         state

annual overweight permits.                                                 highways

 

       1- 5,999 pounds............................................... $........ .07

 6,000-11,999 pounds................................................. $........ .14

12,000-17,999 pounds................................................. $........ .21

18,000-23,999 pounds................................................. $........ .35

24,000-29,999 pounds................................................. $........ .49

30,000-35,999 pounds................................................. $........ .63

36,000-41,999 pounds................................................. $........ .84

42,000-47,999 pounds................................................. $....... 1.05

48,000-53,999 pounds................................................. $....... 1.26

54,000-59,999 pounds................................................. $....... 1.47

60,000-65,999 pounds................................................. $....... 1.68

66,000-71,999 pounds................................................. $....... 2.03

72,000-79,999 pounds................................................. $....... 2.38

80,000 pounds or more................................................ $....... 2.80

 

PROVIDED:  (a) The minimum fee for any overweight permit shall be $ 14.00, (b) the fee for issuance of a duplicate permit shall be  $ 14.00, (c) when computing overweight fees that result in an amount less than even dollars the fee shall be carried to the next full dollar if fifty cents or over and shall be reduced to the next full dollar if forty-nine cents or under.