PRINTER'S NO. 1993
No. 1643 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY CORNELL AND NAHILL, JULY 11, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 11, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for weights of vehicles and for
3 penalties for weight violations.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 1916 and 4943 of Title 75, act of
7 November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes, are amended to read:
9 § 1916. Trucks and truck tractors.
10 The annual fee for registration of a truck or truck tractor
11 shall be determined by its registered gross weight or
12 combination weight in pounds according to the following table:
13 Class Registered Fee
14 Gross or Combination
15 Weight in Pounds
16 1 5,000 or less $ 39
17 2 5,001 - 7,000 52
18 3 7,001 - 9,000 [84] 100
19 4 9,001 - 11,000 [108] 130
1 5 11,001 - 14,000 [132] 160
2 6 14,001 - 17,000 [156] 190
3 7 17,001 - 21,000 [192] 230
4 8 21,001 - 26,000 [216] 260
5 9 26,001 - 30,000 [252] 310
6 10 30,001 - 33,000 [300] 370
7 11 33,001 - 36,000 [324] 410
8 12 36,001 - 40,000 [342] 430
9 13 40,001 - 44,000 [360] 460
10 14 44,001 - 48,000 [384] 480
11 15 48,001 - 52,000 [420] 520
12 16 52,001 - 56,000 [444] 540
13 17 56,001 - 60,000 [501] 600
14 18 60,001 - 64,000 [552] 650
15 19 64,001 - 68,000 [576] 670
16 20 68,001 - 73,280 [606] 700
17 21 73,281 - 76,000 860
18 22 76,001 - 78,000 880
19 23 78,001 - 78,500 900
20 24 78,501 - 79,000 910
21 25 79,001 - 80,000 920
22 § 4943. Maximum axle weight of vehicles.
23 (a) General rule.--[No] Except those vehicles listed in
24 subsection (c), no motor vehicle or combination shall, when
25 operated upon a highway, have a weight upon each of two adjacent
26 axles in excess of the following:
27 Maximum Axle Weight in Pounds Upon:
28 If the Center-to Center
29 Distance Between Two One of Two Other of Two
30 Adjacent Axles is: Adjacent Axles Adjacent Axles
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1 Under 6 feet 18,000 18,000
2 6 to 8 feet 18,000 22,400
3 Over 8 feet 22,400 22,400
4 (b) Location of front axle of semitrailer.--No semitrailer,
5 originally in this Commonwealth on or after September 1, 1973,
6 and having two or more axles, shall be operated upon a highway
7 unless the foremost axle of the semitrailer is at least 12 feet
8 from the rearmost axle of the towing vehicle.
9 (c) Excluded vehicles.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not
10 apply to:
11 (1) Vehicles engaged in construction work and in the
12 transportation of loose commodities such as sand, stone,
13 gravel, asphalt materials for road building and excavation
14 materials.
15 (2) Concrete mixers.
16 (3) Agricultural vehicles transporting bulk feed,
17 fertilizer and similar loose products.
18 (4) Vehicles engaged in hauling garbage and refuse.
19 (5) Vehicles carrying materials from demolition work.
20 The vehicles listed in this subsection shall be subject to gross
21 weight violations but shall not be subject to wheel weight
22 violations.
23 Section 2. Section 4945 of Title 75 of the act is amended by
24 adding a subsection to read:
25 § 4945. Penalties for exceeding maximum weights.
26 * * *
27 (e) Lift axle violations.--Any person operating a vehicle
28 with the lift axle not properly placed on the highway is guilty
29 of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
30 pay a fine double the axle weight violation that would be
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1 imposed if the lift axle were fully retracted.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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