Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2360, sub-§16, śC is enacted to read:

C.__For a 5-axle or 6-axle tractor-semitrailer vehicle registered for less than 100,000 pounds gross weight hauling special commodities with a tandem axle weight of at least 47,000 pounds but not more than 48,260 pounds for which a Violation Summons and Complaint may be issued, the fine is $731 plus $136 for every 315 pounds over 47,000 pounds.__ Subsections 3 and 5 apply to tandem axle weights of less than 47,000 pounds or exceeding 48,260 pounds.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2360, sub-§17, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 267, §8 and affected by §16, is amended to read:

17. Exception to fine schedule for forest products tri-axle. Notwithstanding subsections 3 and 5, for a 4-axle single unit vehicle hauling forest products with a tri-axle weight for which a Violation Summons and Complaint may be issued, but which is less than 66,500 pounds, the fine is $220. If the tri-axle weight is at least 66,500 pounds, but is less than 70,560 pounds, the fine is $634 plus $414 for every 580 pounds over 66,500 pounds. Subsection 3 applies to tri-axle weights of 70,560 pounds or more.

Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §2360-A is enacted to read:

§2360-A.__Exception to axle fines during the midwinter season

1. Axle fines waived; midwinter season. The fine is waived and the Violation Summons and Complaint is not issued for violations of axle and axle group weight limits or tolerances provided by sections 2352, 2353, 2354, 2354-A, 2357, 2364 and 2365 for vehicles traveling during the months of January and February.

2. Exceptions. This section does not apply to:

A. Vehicles traveling on the Interstate Highway System, including the portion of the Maine Turnpike designated Interstate 95 and that portion of Interstate 95 from the southern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire state line; or