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TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A VEHICLE OR TRAILER TRANSPORTING UNPROCESSED FOREST PRODUCTS, THE ENFORCEMENT TOLERANCE IS FIFTEEN PERCENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4140(1)(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(a) The gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, operated or moved upon any interstate, highway or section of highway shall not exceed:
(1) Single-unit vehicle with two axles ................. 35,000 lbs.
(2) Single-unit vehicle with three axles................ 46,000 lbs.
(3) Single-unit vehicle with four axles.................. 63,500 lbs.
Except, on the interstate, vehicles must meet axle spacing requirements and corresponding maximum overall gross
weights, not to exceed 63,500 lbs., in accordance with the
table in (b) plus tolerances.
(4) Single unit vehicle with five or more axles.....65,000 lbs.
Except, on the interstate, vehicles must meet axle spacing requirements and corresponding maximum overall gross weights, not to exceed 65,000 lbs., in accordance with the
table in (b) plus tolerances.
(5) Combination of vehicles with three axles........50,000 lbs.
(6) Combination of vehicles with four axles ........ 65,000 lbs.
(7) Combination of vehicles with five or more
axles................................................. 73,280 lbs.
The gross weight imposed upon any highway or section of highway other than the interstate by two or more consecutive axles in tandem articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle and spaced not less than forty inches nor more than ninety-six inches apart shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds, and no one axle of any such group of two or more consecutive axles shall exceed the load permitted for a single axle. The load imposed on the highway by two consecutive axles, individually attached to the vehicle and spaced not less than forty inches nor more than ninety-six inches apart, shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds and no one axle of any such group of two consecutive axles shall exceed the load permitted for a single axle.
The ten percent enforcement tolerance specified in Section 56-5-4160 applies to the vehicle weight limits specified in this section. exceptHowever, the gross weight on a single axle operated on the interstate may not exceed 20,000 pounds, including all enforcement tolerances; the gross weight on a tandem axle operated on the interstate may not exceed 35,200 pounds, including all enforcement tolerances; andthe overall gross weight for vehicles operated on the interstate may not exceed 75,185 pounds, including all enforcement tolerances except as provided in (b); and for a vehicle or trailer transporting unprocessed forest products, the enforcement tolerance is fifteen percent."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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