SENATE BILL 622

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

William F. Burt

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR A MULTIPLE-TRIP PERMIT FOR CERTAIN SPECIALIZED VEHICLES WITH EXCESSIVE GROSS WEIGHT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 66, Article 7 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] MULTIPLE-TRIP PERMIT FOR SPECIALIZED HAUL VEHICLES.--A special multiple-trip permit may be issued for a single vehicle with a load in excess of the weight allowed in Section 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 and notwithstanding any provisions of Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978 to the contrary if:

          A. the vehicle has an overall length of not more than forty feet and contains a group of four to seven axles having a distance in feet between the first and last axle of at least twenty feet but not greater than thirty-six feet;

          B. the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle of the vehicle does not exceed that allowed in Section 66-7-409 NMSA 1978;

          C. the weight imposed upon the highway through a tandem axle of the vehicle does not exceed thirty-four thousand pounds. For the purpose of this subsection, "tandem axle" means two or more consecutive axles whose centers may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes spaced more than forty inches and not more than ninety-six inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle;

          D. the total gross weight imposed upon the highway on a group of two or more consecutive axles of the vehicle shall not exceed the weight computed using and listed in the following formula and table, but in no case greater than eighty thousand pounds:

                (1) W = 500(LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36), where:

W = maximum overall gross weight on the group;

L = distance in feet between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot; and

N = number of axles in the group under consideration; and

                (2)

          L (feet)                   W (pounds)

                    4 axles   5 axles   6 axles  7 axles

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          20       55,500    60,500    66,000

          21       56,000    61,000    66,500

          22       56,500    61,500    67,000

          23       57,500    62,500    68,000

          24       58,000    63,000    68,500   74,000

          25       58,500    63,500    69,000   74,500

          26       59,500    64,000    69,500   75,000

          27       60,000    65,000    70,000   75,500

          28       60,500    65,500    71,000   76,500

          29       61,500    66,000    71,500   77,000

          30       62,000    66,500    72,000   77,500

          31       62,500    67,500    72,500   78,000

          32       63,500    68,000    73,000   78,500

          33       64,000    68,500    74,000   79,000

          34       64,500    69,000    74,500   80,000

          35       65,500    70,000    75,000   80,000

          36       66,000    70,500    75,500   80,000; and

          E. other requirements are met as established by rule of the secretary of public safety, including the payment of a permit fee not to exceed two hundred seventy dollars ($270)."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is January 1, 2016.

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