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single-axle unit is closer than 10 feet, or 9 feet in the case of a | | steering axle, to the axle center of the nearest axle of a tri-axle | | unit, the 4 axles are a tri-axle unit. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 29-A MRSA §2351, as amended by PL 1999, c. 164, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 29-A MRSA §2353, sub-§4, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 29-A MRSA §2357, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 580, §8 | | and affected by §14, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Six-axle combination. Notwithstanding subsection 2, a 6- | axle combination vehicle, | | operating in combination with a tri-axle semitrailer may not | | exceed 100,000 pounds. The distance between the extreme axles of | | a vehicle under this subsection, excluding the steering axle, | | must be at least 32 feet and the vehicle must be registered for | | at least 90,000 pounds. The maximum gross vehicle weight | | permitted is reduced by 2,000 pounds for each foot the distance | | is less than 32 feet between the extreme axles, excluding the | | steering axle, measured to the nearest foot. |
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| | | Sec. 13. 29-A MRSA §2382, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Scope of permit. A permit is limited to the particular | | vehicle or object to be moved, the trailer or semitrailer hauling | | the overlimit object and particular ways and bridges. |
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| | | Sec. 14. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | | pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | | F. A combination of truck tractor, semitrailer and full | | trailer, or a combination of truck tractor and 2 | | semitrailers, may be operated on the Interstate Highway | | System and those qualifying federal aid primary system | | highways designated by the Secretary of the United States | | Department of Transportation, pursuant to the United States | | Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Public Law | | 97-424, Section 411, with an overall length in excess of 65 | | feet, if no semitrailer or trailer length exceeds 28.5 feet. | | This vehicle combination may also operate on other highways | | designated by the Commissioner of Transportation. |
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| | | Sec. 15. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶J, as amended by PL 2001, c. 267, | | §13 and affected by §16, is further amended by repealing | | subparagraph (6). |
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