Bill Text: NY A05559 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to dimensions and weights of vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A05559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05559-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5559
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to dimensions
          and weights of vehicles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  10 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by section 4 of part D of chapter  58  of  the  laws  of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    10.  A  single vehicle or a combination of vehicles having three axles
     5  or more and equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, may have a total
     6  weight on all axles not to exceed thirty-four thousand pounds, plus  one
     7  thousand  pounds  for  each  foot  and  major  fraction of a foot of the
     8  distance from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rear-
     9  most axle. Axles to be counted as provided in subdivision five  of  this
    10  section. In no case, however, shall the total weight exceed eighty thou-
    11  sand  pounds except for a vehicle if operated by an engine fueled prima-
    12  rily by natural gas which may have a  maximum  gross  weight  of  up  to
    13  eighty-two  thousand  pounds. For any vehicle or combination of vehicles
    14  having a total gross weight less than seventy-one thousand  pounds,  the
    15  higher of the following shall apply:
    16    (a)  the  total weight on all axles shall not exceed thirty-four thou-
    17  sand pounds plus one thousand pounds for each foot and major fraction of
    18  a foot of the distance from the center  of  the  foremost  axle  to  the
    19  center of the rearmost axle, or
    20    (b)  the  overall  gross  weight on a group of two or more consecutive
    21  axles shall not exceed the weight produced by application of the follow-
    22  ing formula:
    23                       W = 500 ((LxN)/(N-1) + (12xN)+36)
    24  where W equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more  consec-
    25  utive  axles  to  the  nearest five hundred pounds, L equals distance in
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08139-01-9

        A. 5559                             2
     1  feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the  rearmost
     2  axle  of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals number
     3  of axles in group under consideration, except that two consecutive  sets
     4  of  tandem  axles  may carry a gross load of thirty-four thousand pounds
     5  each providing the overall distance between the first and last axles  of
     6  such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet or more.
     7    For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight
     8  of  seventy-one thousand pounds or greater, paragraph (b) of this subdi-
     9  vision shall apply to determine maximum gross weight which is  permitted
    10  hereunder.
    11    The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to fire vehicles.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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