Georgia HB 1087: Highways; vehicles hauling certain products over a certain total gross weight which have been issued a permit to operate on any public road which is not an interstate; allow

Bill Text

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House Bill 1087
By: Representatives Nimmer of the 178
th, Roberts of the 155
th, England of the 116
th, Dickey
of the 140
th, Burns of the 159
th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1
relating to dimensions and weight of vehicle and loads operating on public roads, so as to2
allow vehicles hauling certain products over a certain total gross weight which have been3
issued a permit to operate on any public road which is not an interstate; to repeal conflicting4
laws; and for other purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to8
dimensions and weight of vehicle and loads operating on public roads, is amended by9
revising paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of Code Section 32-6-26, relating to weight of10
vehicle and load, as follows:11
"(g)(1) The weight limitations provided for in this Code section, except the limitation in12
subsections (f) and (h) of this Code section, may be exceeded on any public road within13
this state which is not an interstate highway, or when making a pickup or delivery on any14
public road of a county road system, without a permit only when the load on any single15
axle does not exceed 23,000 pounds, the load on any tandem axle does not exceed 46,00016
pounds, and when the maximum total gross weight of the vehicle and load does not17
exceed 80,000 89,500 pounds, the vehicle complies with the height, length, and width18
requirements of this article, and a permit has been issued by the commissioner or an19
official of the department designated by the commissioner for a fee of $200.00 when:20
(A) Hauling forest products from the forest where cut to the first point of marketing or21
processing;22
(B) Hauling live poultry or cotton from a farm to a processing plant;23
(C) Hauling feed from a feed mill to a farm;24
(D) Hauling granite, either block or sawed, or any other naturally occurring raw ore or25
mineral for further processing, from the quarry or stockpile area to a processing plant26

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located in the same or an adjoining county and construction aggregates hauled to any27
point, unless otherwise prohibited;28
(E) Hauling solid waste or recovered materials from points of generation to a solid29
waste handling facility or other processing facility;30
(F) Hauling concrete that is in a freshly mixed and unhardened state for delivery to a31
customer; or32
(G) Hauling poultry waste from the point of origin to a farm. 33
No lift axle may be used in computing the maximum total gross weight authorized for34
any vehicle or load under this paragraph."35
SECTION 2.36
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.37