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AN ACT Relating to excess weight permits for trucks hauling certain bulk agricultural commodities; and amending RCW 46.44.0941.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 46.44.0941 and 1995 c 171 s 2 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 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 fifty-three 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-one 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 a four-axle fixed load

vehicle meeting the requirements of

RCW 46.44.091(1) and weighing less than

86,000 pounds gross weight, not to exceed

thirty days.......................................... $ 90.00

Continuous movement of a mobile home or manufactured

home having nonreducible features not to

exceed eighty-five feet in total length and

fourteen feet in width, for a period of

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

Continuous operation of a two or three-axle

collection truck, actually engaged in the

collection of solid waste or recyclables,

or both, under chapter 81.77 or 35.21 RCW

or by contract under RCW 36.58.090, for

one year with an additional six thousand

pounds more than the weight authorized in

RCW 46.16.070 on the rear axle of a two-axle

truck or eight thousand pounds for the tandem

axles of a three-axle truck. RCW 46.44.041

and 46.44.091 notwithstanding, the tire limits

specified in RCW 46.44.042 apply, but none of

the excess weight is valid or may be permitted

on any part of the federal interstate highway

system............................................... $ 42.00

per thousand pounds

Continuous operation for thirty days of a two or

three-axle truck hauling cereal grains, dry

peas, lentils, or canola from the point of

loading in the field where harvested, no more

than thirty-five miles to the point of storage

or point of sale, with an additional six thousand

pounds more than the weight authorized

in RCW 46.16.070 on the rear axle of

a two-axle truck or eight thousand pounds for

the tandem axles of a three-axle truck.

RCW 46.44.041 and 46.44.091 notwithstanding,

the tire limits specified in RCW 46.44.042 apply,

but none of the excess weight is valid or may

be permitted on any part of the federal interstate

highway system....................................... $ 3.50

per thousand pounds

The department may issue any of the above-listed permits that involve height, length, or width for an expanded period of consecutive months, not to exceed one year.

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

Excess weight over legal capacity, Cost per mile.

as provided in RCW 46.44.041.

0........................................ - 9,999 pounds $ .07

10,000................................... -14,999 pounds $ .14

15,000................................... -19,999 pounds $ .21

20,000................................... -24,999 pounds $ .28

25,000................................... -29,999 pounds $ .35

30,000................................... -34,999 pounds $ .49

35,000................................... -39,999 pounds $ .63

40,000................................... -44,999 pounds $ .79

45,000................................... -49,999 pounds $ .93

50,000................................... -54,999 pounds $ 1.14

55,000................................... -59,999 pounds $ 1.35

60,000................................... -64,999 pounds $ 1.56

65,000................................... -69,999 pounds $ 1.77

70,000................................... -74,999 pounds $ 2.12

75,000................................... -79,999 pounds $ 2.47

80,000................................... -84,999 pounds $ 2.82

85,000................................... -89,999 pounds $ 3.17

90,000................................... -94,999 pounds $ 3.52

95,000................................... -99,999 pounds $ 3.87

100,000 pounds................................... $ 4.25

The fee for weights in excess of 100,000 pounds is $4.25 plus fifty cents for each 5,000 pound increment or portion thereof exceeding 100,000 pounds.

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 prescribed in this section or in RCW 46.44.095 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.

The fees levied in this section and RCW 46.44.095 do not apply to vehicles owned and operated by the state of Washington, a county within the state, a city or town or metropolitan municipal corporation within the state, or the federal government.