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S1410.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES - Amends existing law to authorize certain semitrailers
to operate on state highways as set forth by policy and approved by the
Idaho Transportation Board.
02/11 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14 Rpt prt - to Transp
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Crow
Floor Sponsor - Thorne
Title apvd - to House
03/21 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/03 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-2-7
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
Loertscher(Loertscher), Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Mortensen,
Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Taylor,
Tilman, Trail, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- Boe, Stoicheff
Absent and excused -- Clark, Crow, Montgomery, Moss, Sellman,
Wheeler, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Ridinger
Title apvd - to Senate
04/04 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
04/05 Sp signed
04/06 To Governor
04/12 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 253
Effective: 04/12/00
S1410
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1410
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO OVERSIZED VEHICLES OR LOADS; AMENDING SECTION 49-1010, IDAHO CODE,
3 TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN SEMITRAILERS TO OPERATE ON STATE HIGHWAYS AS SET
4 FORTH BY POLICY AND APPROVED BY THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD; AND
5 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 49-1010. SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS. No vehicle shall exceed the dimen-
10 sions specified below, except that certain devices determined by the board as
11 necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including
12 energy conservation devices, shall be excluded from the calculation of width
13 or length.
14 (1) The width of a vehicle, including any load thereon, except as noted
15 below, shall not exceed .......................................... 8 1/2 feet.
16 (a) The limitations as to size of vehicles stated in this section shall
17 not apply to farm tractors or to implements of husbandry, including any
18 load thereon, and including all equipment used in land leveling opera-
19 tions, when being incidentally operated upon the highway from one (1) farm
20 operation to another during daylight hours.
21 (b) Notwithstanding the exemption from width limitation for farm tractors
22 included in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the total outside width of
23 any farm tractor being transported on the interstate system in this state,
24 except as permitted by section 49-1004, Idaho Code, shall not exceed
25 .................................................................. 9 feet.
26 (c) A farm tractor or implement of husbandry, when being incidentally
27 transported upon the highway with a width in excess of the limits of para-
28 graphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, must not proceed at a speed in
29 excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour, must display one (1) eighteen
30 (18) by eighteen (18) inch red flag on the outermost left projection of
31 the tractor or implement being transported, except that the speed restric-
32 tion of twenty-five (25) miles per hour shall not apply when such tractor
33 or implement of husbandry is being hauled on legal width highway vehicles
34 equipped as required by law.
35 (2) The height of a vehicle, including the load thereon, shall not exceed
36 ..................................................................... 14 feet.
37 (3) The length of a vehicle, or vehicle combination, except as noted
38 below shall not exceed:
39 (a) When a single motor vehicle ................................ 45 feet.
40 (b) When a trailer or semitrailer, except as noted below ....... 48 feet.
41 1. Semitrailers operating on routes determined by the board to have
42 severe curvature, deficient width and/or heavy traffic conditions
43 shall be limited to an overall combination length not to exceed
2
1 ............................................................ 65 feet.
2 2. The length of a trailer tongue, or the length of the tongue of a
3 converter gear used to convert a semitrailer to a trailer, shall be
4 excluded from the calculation of a trailer length.
5 3. Semitrailers operating on routes which are a part of the national
6 network as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23,
7 Part 658, and on routes providing access between the national network
8 and terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest which
9 are located within one (1) road mile of the national network and
10 state highways as set forth by policy and approved by the transporta-
11 tion board shall not exceed a length of .................... 53 feet.
12 (c) When a motor vehicle and one or more trailers, except as noted in
13 (3)(b), (3)(d) and (3)(e) ....................................... 75 feet.
14 (d) When a combination of semitrailer and trailer, or of two (2) semi-
15 trailers the length in such combination, including the connecting tongue
16 and excluding the truck tractor except as noted below ........... 61 feet.
17 When the combination of semitrailer and trailer or of two (2) semi-
18 trailers including the connecting tongues exceeds sixty-one (61) feet, the
19 length of such combination including the truck tractor .......... 75 feet.
20 (e) When a combination of a semitrailer and trailer, or of two (2) semi-
21 trailers operating on routes on the national network as set forth in the
22 Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, Part 658, and on routes providing
23 access between the national network and terminals and facilities for food,
24 fuel, repairs and rest which are located within one (1) road mile of the
25 national network, the length, including the connecting tongue and exclud-
26 ing the truck tractor, shall not exceed ......................... 68 feet.
27 (f) When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, stinger-steered by having
28 the kingpin located five (5) feet to the rear of the centroid of the rear
29 axle(s) ......................................................... 75 feet.
30 (g) When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, not meeting the stinger-
31 steer requirement as defined in (f) above ....................... 65 feet.
32 (h) When an auto transporter or boat transporter, stinger-steered
33 as defined in (f) above, excluding front and rear overhang of load
34 ................................................................. 75 feet.
35 (i) When an auto transporter or boat transporter, not meeting the
36 stinger-steer requirement as defined in (f) above, excluding front and
37 rear overhang of load ........................................... 65 feet.
38 (j) When a truck tractor with stinger-steered pole trailer or log dolly,
39 connected by a reach or pole, or a combination used for transporting long
40 loads such as poles, pipes, logs or structural members generally capable
41 of sustaining themselves as beams between supporting bunks or connections
42 ................................................................. 75 feet.
43 (4) The overhang or extension of a load shall not extend:
44 (a) Beyond the front of a vehicle, more than .................... 4 feet.
45 (b) Beyond the last axle, more than ............................ 15 feet.
46 (c) Beyond the left fender of a passenger vehicle, more than .... 0 feet.
47 (d) Beyond the right fender of a passenger vehicle, more than
48 ................................................................ 6 inches.
49 (e) To the front and rear combined of an auto transporter or boat
50 transporter, more than ........................................... 7 feet.
51 (5) Noncargo-carrying devices necessary for the safe and efficient opera-
52 tion of the vehicle, as determined by the board, shall not be included in mea-
53 surement for length.
54 (6) No combination shall include more than three (3) units except when a
55 saddlemount combination ............................................. 75 feet.
3
1 (7) Vehicle combinations consisting of not more than four (4) vehicle
2 units with an overall length in excess of the limits of subsection (3) of this
3 section and with an overall combination length not to exceed one hundred and
4 five (105) feet, may be operated by permit on routes designated for such oper-
5 ations by the public highway agency having jurisdiction over that highway sys-
6 tem.
7 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
8 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
9 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09483
The purpose of this legislation is to provide authorization to the Idaho
Transportation Board to specify routes where fifty-three foot semi-trailers may
operate without being required to obtain a permit from the Idaho Department of
Transportation. This bill will extend to Idaho shippers and receivers the savings
and convenience presently enjoyed by foreign shippers and receivers whose
freight passes through Idaho on National Network Highways.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund. The cost of issuing the permit will
be offset by the savings of each permit not required by the Idaho Department of
Transportation.
Contact: Skip Smyser
342-077
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1410