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                                                     SENATE BILL 5381

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Vognild, Newhouse, Deccio, Hochstatter, Sellar and Erwin

 

Read first time 01/26/93.  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.

 


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