CHAPTER 35

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-843, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to permits for excessive size and weight relative to

concrete mixers.
[S 39]

Approved February 13, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-343, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46.1-343. (a) The State Highway Commission and local authorities
of cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discre-
tion, upon application in writing and good cause being shown therefor,
issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to operate
or move a vehicle upon the highway of a size or weight exceeding the
maximum specified in this title. Every such permit may designate the
route to be traversed and contain any other restrictions or conditions
deemed necessary by the body granting such permit.

(b) Provided, however, 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 * three axle trucks
hauling road construction materials and having a gross weight not exceed-
ing forty-three thousand nine hundred pounds, a single axle weight not
exceeding eighteen thousand pounds, and a tandem axle weight not ex-
ceeding thirty-two thousand pounds, shall issue to such owner or operator,
without cost, a permit in writing authorizing the operation of such vehicles
upon the highways. No such permit shall designate the route to be traversed
nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicable to other vehicles
in their general use of the highways. Provided, further, 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 three axle vehicles used exclusively for the mixing of concrete in transit
and having a gross weight not exceeding fifty thousand pounds, a single
axle weight not exceeding eighteen thousand pounds, and a tandem azle
weight not exceeding thirty-six thousand pounds, shall issue to such owner
or operator, without cost, a permit in writing authorizing the operation of
such vehicles upon the highways. No such permit shall designate the route
to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicable to
other vehicles of this weight in their general use of the highways. No per-
mit issued under this section providing for a tandem axle weight in excess
of thirty-two thousand pounds shall be issued to include travel on the
Federal Interstate System of Highways.

(c) Provided further, the State Highway Commission and local au-
thorities of cities and towns in their respective jurisdictions, upon ap-
plication in writing, made by the owner or operator of two or three axle
vehicles used exclusively for the hauling of coal from a mine or other
place of production to a preparation plant, loading dock or railroad and
having a gross weight not exceeding forty-three thousand nine hundred
pounds, a single axle weight not exceeding twenty thousand pounds until
June thirty, nineteen hundred sixty-two and thereafter eighteen thousand
pounds, and a tandem axle weight not exceeding thirty-six thousand
pounds, until June thirty, nineteen hundred sixty-two and thereafter
thirty-two thousand pounds, shall issue to such owner or operator, without
cost, a permit in writing authorizing the operation of such vehicles upon
the highways of this State; provided, however, that no such permit shall
be valid for the operation of any such vehicle for a distance of more than
twenty-five miles from such preparation plant, loading dock or railroad.
However, no permit issued under this section providing for a single axle
weight in excess of eighteen thousand pounds or a tandem axle weight
in excess of thirty-two thousand pounds shall be issued to include travel
on the Federal Interstate System of Highways.

(d) 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
misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the terms or conditions
of such special permit.

z. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.