2020 -- H 7551 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Jackson, Noret, McNamara, Azzinaro, and Shekarchi | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
(Dept. of Transportation) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-25-27 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-25 entitled "Size, |
2 | Weight, and Load Limits" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-25-27. Weight restrictions on state highways. Weight restrictions. |
4 | (a) State Highways. The state traffic commission shall likewise have authority, as granted |
5 | to local authorities in this chapter, to determine by resolution and to impose restrictions as to the |
6 | weight of vehicles operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the commission, and the |
7 | restrictions shall be effective when signs giving notice of them are erected upon the highway or |
8 | portion of any highway affected by the resolution. |
9 | (b) Penalties for posted bridge weight violations shall be based on the fine schedule |
10 | imposed within the provisions of ยง 31-25-16. |
11 | (c) Bridges. For any state, local, or privately-owned bridge, the department of |
12 | transportation, through the state traffic commission, shall have the authority to impose a weight |
13 | restriction or close a bridge, based on deficiencies documented in a bridge inspection or load |
14 | rating for the purpose of public safety. |
15 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD LIMITS | |
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1 | This act would authorize the department of transportation to impose a weight restriction |
2 | or close any state, local or privately-owned bridge, in the interest of public safety. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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