§17C-17A-3. Authority of the Division of Highways and Public Service Commission Generally
(a) The Division of Highways shall establish all legal vehicle weight limits for all public highways including roads within the coal resource transportation road system. Public highways shall be designated as coal resource transportation roads by the Commissioner of the Division of Highways pursuant to this article. Only state-maintained roads and public highways found in […]
§17C-17A-4. Special Permit Issuance; and Promulgation of Rules
(a) The commission may issue permits to authorize the hauling of coal of a greater gross and axle weight than otherwise authorized by state law on roads designated by the commissioner of highways as coal resource transportation roads. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section three, article one, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the commission shall […]
§17C-17A-5. Operation of Coal Trucks Under Special Permits; Weight Limitations; Payment of Permit Fees
(a) Any vehicle, when transporting coal over certain public highways, designated as coal resource transportation roads by the commissioner of the department of highways, may be operated at the weights as set forth in this section in excess of the maximum gross weight prescribed in section nine, article seventeen of this chapter and any other […]
§17C-17A-6. Reporting Requirements for Shippers, Vehicle Owners and Receivers of Coal Transported on Public Highways
(a) Every shipper of coal for transport on a coal resource transportation road in this state that loads vehicles shall be required to report to the commission weight and other transport-related data as required in this article. The commission shall by rule establish special recording and reporting methods for timely and accurate disclosure of all […]
§17C-17A-7. Permit Application Procedure
The commission shall propose in accordance with provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code by emergency and legislative rules, filed no later than October 1, 2003, a permit application procedure for the issuance of permits pursuant to the authority contained within this article: Provided, That the commission shall take final action upon all […]
§17C-17A-8. Powers and Duties of the Commission
In addition to all other powers, duties, responsibilities and authority granted and assigned to the commission in this code and elsewhere prescribed by law, notwithstanding any provision of the code to the contrary: (1) The commission shall promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to carry out […]
§17C-17A-9. Administrative Sanctions
(a) This section imposes administrative sanctions for violations occurring on the coal resource transportation road system. It is the intent of the Legislature to impose administrative sanctions in addition and separate from any criminal or civil penalties upon any person violating or assisting in the violation of the provisions of this article. (b) For a […]
§17C-17A-10. Penalties for Violation of Weight Laws; Impounding Vehicles
(a) Any owner, lessee or borrower of a commercial motor vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting coal who operates or permits to be operated on any highway the vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total gross weight load imposed upon the highway by any one group of two or more consecutive axles in excess […]
§17C-17A-11. Effective Date
Criminal and administrative penalties imposed by this article take effect on October 1, 2003.
§17C-17-11d. Establishing Maximum Road Highway Weights
Effective July 1, 2004, the maximum gross vehicle weight on existing state-maintained roads and public highways designated for gross weight vehicle load of sixty-five thousand pounds, seventy-three thousand five hundred pounds and eighty thousand pounds shall have a tolerance of ten percent. All requirements for vehicle design and axle weights otherwise established under this code […]