CHAPTER 192

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46.1-843.1, relating to permits for excessive size and weight for motor
vehicles hauling Virginia grown farm produce.

[H 391]

Approved March 7, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46.1-343.1, as follows:

§ 46.1-343.1. (a) In addition to the permits provided for in § 46.1-
343, the State Highway Commission and local authorities of cities and
towns, in their respective jurisdictions, upon application in writing made
by the owner or operator of a three-axle vehicle used for hauling
farm produce grown in Virginia and having a gross weight not exceed-
ing fifty thousand pounds, a single axle weight not exceeding eighteen
thousand pounds, and a tandem axle weight not exceeding thirty-six
thousand pounds, or any four-axle combination hauling Virginia grown
produce, a tandem axle weight of thirty-six thousand pounds and other-
wise in conformity with the provisions of § 46.1-339, shall issue to such
owner or operator, without cost, a permit in writing authorizing the oper-
ation of such vehicle upon the highways. No such permit shall designate
the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not appli-
cable to other vehicles in their general use of the highways; but no permit
issued under this section providing for tandem axle weight in excess of
thirty-two thousand pounds shall be issued to include travel on the Federal
Interstate System of highways.

(b) Every such permit shall be carried in the vehicle to which it
refers and shall be open to inspection by any officer and it shall be a mis-
demeanor for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions of such
special permit.

(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall only apply to the
lesser part of the State which is entirely separated from the greater part
of the State by at least two miles of salt water.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from the date of its
passage.