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                                   5648
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
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 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:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  10 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 1008 of the laws of 1983, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   10.  A  single vehicle or a combination of vehicles having three axles
 or more and equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, may have a total
 weight on all axles not to exceed thirty-four thousand pounds, plus  one
 thousand  pounds  for  each  foot  and  major  fraction of a foot of the
 distance from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rear-
 most axle. Axles to be counted as provided in subdivision five  of  this
 section. In no case, however, shall the total weight exceed eighty thou-
 sand  pounds.  For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total
 gross weight less than seventy-one thousand pounds, the  higher  of  the
 following shall apply:
   (a)  the  total weight on all axles shall not exceed thirty-four thou-
 sand pounds plus one thousand pounds for each foot and major fraction of
 a foot of the distance from the center  of  the  foremost  axle  to  the
 center of the rearmost axle, or
   (b)  the  overall  gross  weight on a group of two or more consecutive
 axles shall not exceed the weight produced by application of the follow-
 ing formula:
                      W = 500 ((LxN)/(N-1) + (12xN)+36)
   where W equals overall gross weight  on  any  group  of  two  or  more
 consecutive  axles to the nearest five hundred pounds, L equals distance
 in feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the  rear-
 most  axle  of  any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 number of axles in group under consideration, except  that  two  consec-
 utive  sets  of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thou-
 sand pounds each providing the overall distance between  the  first  and
 last  axles  of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet
 or more.
   For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight
 of seventy-one thousand pounds or greater, paragraph (b) shall apply  to
 determine maximum gross weight which is permitted hereunder.
   (C)  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FIRE VEHI-
 CLES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.