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S1180......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
VEHICLE LOADS - OVERWEIGHT - PILOT PROJECT ROUTES - Amends existing law
(trailer bill to Senate Bill No. 1138) to provide an additional route for
permitted use on designated state special pilot project routes.
02/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/28 Rpt prt - to Transp
03/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 23-9-3
AYES -- Bair, Bastian, Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Fulcher, Geddes, Hammond, Heinrich, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
Langhorst, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Siddoway
NAYS -- Andreason, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Goedde, Hill,
Schroeder, Stegner, Werk
Absent and excused -- Gannon, Malepeai, Stennett
Floor Sponsor - McGee
Title apvd - to House
03/19 House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 51-16-3
AYES -- Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst,
Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Henderson, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Rusche,
Schaefer, Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- Bock, Boe, Chavez, Chew, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Killen,
King, LeFavour, Pasley-Stuart, Ringo, Ruchti, Sayler, Shepherd(2),
Trail
Absent and excused -- Anderson, Edmunson, Smith(24)
Floor Sponsor - Wood(35)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/26 To enrol
03/27 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/28 To Governor
03/29 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 258
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1180
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SPECIAL PILOT PROJECT ROUTES AND PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE
3 LOADS; AMENDING SECTION 49-1004, IDAHO CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1, SEN-
4 ATE BILL NO. 1138, AS ENACTED BY THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE
5 FIFTY-NINTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ROUTE FOR PERMIT-
6 TED USE ON DESIGNATED STATE SPECIAL PILOT PROJECT ROUTES.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 49-1004, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 1,
9 Senate Bill No. 1138, as enacted by the First Regular Session of the
10 Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as
11 follows:
12 49-1004. PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZE LOADS -- SPECIAL PILOT PROJ-
13 ECT ROUTES AND ANNUAL PERMITS. (1) Upon application in writing to the board or
14 other proper authorities in charge of, or having jurisdiction over a highway,
15 the board or authorities may in their discretion issue a special permit to the
16 owner or operator of any vehicle allowing vehicles or loads having a greater
17 weight or size than permitted by law to be moved or carried over and on the
18 highways and bridges.
19 (a) Special permits shall be in writing and may limit the time of use and
20 operation over the particular highways and bridges which may be traversed
21 and may contain any special conditions and require any undertaking or
22 other security as the board or other proper authority shall deem to be
23 necessary to protect the highways and bridges from injury, or provide
24 indemnity for any injury to highways and bridges or to persons or property
25 resulting from such operation.
26 (b) The owner or operator of an overweight or oversize vehicle shall
27 obtain a permit, or shall establish intent to obtain a permit by
28 contacting a permit office and receiving a permit number before moving the
29 vehicle on the highways.
30 (c) All special permits or evidence of intent to obtain a permit, shall
31 be carried in the vehicles to which they refer and shall upon demand be
32 delivered for inspection to any peace officer, authorized agent of the
33 board or any officer or employee charged with the care or protection of
34 the highways.
35 (2) Nonreducible vehicles or combinations of vehicles hauling
36 nonreducible loads at weights in excess of those set forth in section
37 49-1001, Idaho Code, shall pay fees as set forth in this subsection (2). Such
38 fees are based on the number of axles on the vehicle or combination of vehi-
39 cles and the total gross weight.
2
1 Column 1 Column 2
2 Gross weight of vehicle Gross weight of vehicle
3 Number of axles and load in pounds and load in pounds
4 2 40,001 -
5 3 54,001 -
6 4 68,001 -
7 5 80,001 131,001
8 6 97,001 148,001
9 7 114,001 165,001
10 (a) To determine the maximum allowable permit fee for vehicles with more
11 than seven (7) axles, the table can be extended by adding seventeen thou-
12 sand (17,000) pounds to the last listed weight in both columns 1 and 2 for
13 each added axle.
14 (b) Permit fees for column 1 shall start at four cents (4¢) per mile and
15 increase four cents (4¢) per mile for each additional two thousand (2,000)
16 pound increment up to the weight indicated in column 2. Permit fees for
17 column 2 shall start at one dollar and two cents ($1.02) per mile and
18 increase seven cents (7¢) per mile for each additional two thousand
19 (2,000) pound increment.
20 (c) Vehicles operating at weights less than the starting weights per axle
21 configuration listed in column 1 shall be charged four cents (4¢) per
22 mile.
23 (d) For vehicles operating with axles wider than eight (8) feet six (6)
24 inches or axles with more than four (4) tires per axle, the fee may be
25 reduced by the board or other proper authority having jurisdiction over a
26 highway.
27 (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate, or to cause or permit
28 to be violated, the limitations or conditions of special permits and any
29 violation shall be deemed for all purposes to be a violation of the provisions
30 of this chapter.
31 (4) An annual special pilot project route permit authorizing travel on
32 pilot project routes shall be issued by the board or may, in its discretion,
33 be issued by a local public highway agency for operation of vehicles with a
34 legal maximum gross weight of at least one hundred five thousand five hundred
35 one (105,501) pounds but not exceeding one hundred twenty-nine thousand
36 (129,000) pounds. Such pilot project routes on nonstate and noninterstate
37 highways shall be determined by the local highway agency for those roads under
38 its jurisdiction. No local public highway agency shall approve a pilot project
39 route which provides a thoroughfare for interstate carriers to pass through
40 the state. State pilot project routes designated by the legislature and iden-
41 tified on a map entitled "Designated Pilot Project Routes" are:
42 (a) Montana border to Kimberly to Twin Falls to Nevada using US-20, US-
43 30, SH-33, US-93, SH-25, SH-50 and SH-74.
44 (b) US-91 from its junction with SH-34 to the Utah border.
45 (c) US-30 from its junction with I-15 to the Wyoming border.
46 (d) US-95 south from Fruitland to junction with SH-55.
47 (e) SH-19 between Wilder and Caldwell.
48 (f) SH-78 between Marsing and Hammett.
49 (g) SH-67 from Mountain Home to junction with SH-78 at Grandview.
50 (h) SH-55 from intersection with Farmway Road to junction with US-95.
51 (i) SH-25 from the intersection of SH-24 to Paul.
52 (j) SH-25 from intersection with US-93 to Hazelton.
53 (k) SH-24 from intersection with US-93 to intersection with SH-25.
54 (l) US-20 from its intersection with New Sweden Road to its junction with
55 SH-22/33.
3
1 (m) SH-34 from milepost 78 to the junction with US-91.
2 (n) US-26 from its junction with US-91 north to its intersection with
3 Gallatin/West 23rd Street in Idaho Falls.
4 (o) US-91 from the intersection with Canyon Road to the junction with US-
5 26.
6 (p) SH-22 from Dubois to the junction with SH-33.
7 (q) SH-45 from junction with SH-78 to intersection with I-84 business
8 loop; I-84 business loop to intersection with Nampa Boulevard.
9 (r) SH-87 from Montana border to junction with US-20.
10 (s) SH-33 from Victor to junction with US-20.
11 (t) SH-28 from junction with SH-22 to junction with SH-33.
12 (u) SH-38 from milepost 0.689 to milepost 1.318 at Malad.
13 (v) SH-27 from junction with SH-25 at Paul to Oakley.
14 (w) SH-81 from Malta to junction with US-30 at Burley.
15 (x) US-30 from junction with SH-81 at Burley to junction with SH-50 at
16 Kimberly.
17 (y) US-93 spur from junction with US-30 to junction with US-93 at Twin
18 Falls.
19 (z) US-93 from junction with US-93 spur to junction with US-30 at Twin
20 Falls.
21 (aa) US-30 from junction with SH-74 at Twin Falls to junction with I-84
22 business loop at Bliss.
23 (bb) US-26 from junction with SH-75 at Shoshone to eastbound exit of I-84
24 interchange no. 141 at Bliss; I-84 business loop from eastbound exit of
25 I-84 to junction with US-30 at Bliss.
26 (cc) SH-46 spur from junction with SH-46 at Wendell to I-84 interchange
27 no. 155.
28 (dd) SH-46 from junction with US-20 to I-84 interchange no. 157 at
29 Wendell.
30 (ee) US-20 from junction with US-93 at Carey to junction with I-84 busi-
31 ness loop at interchange 95; I-84 business loop from interchange 95 to
32 junction with SH-51; SH-51 to junction with SH-67.
33 (ff) SH-51 from junction with SH-67 to junction with SH-78.
34 (gg) SH-44 from junction with SH-55 at Eagle to junction with I-84 inter-
35 change no. 25.
36 (hh) US-20/26 from junction with US-95 at Parma to junction with I-84
37 interchange no. 26.
38 (ii) US-20 from junction with US-33 at Sugar City south to junction with
39 US-20 business loop/Holmes Avenue; US-20 business loop/Holmes Avenue south
40 to junction with US-26/Yellowstone; US-26 from intersection with US-20
41 business loop/Holmes Avenue south to Gallatin.
42 Additions or deletions to the approved state pilot project routes specified in
43 this subsection (4) shall be made only with the approval of the state legisla-
44 ture.
45 (5) An annual administrative permit fee for operating on pilot project
46 routes at the weights specified in subsection (4) of this section shall be set
47 by the board for travel on state pilot project routes and by the local public
48 highway agency for travel on routes under its jurisdiction, but not to exceed
49 a maximum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per vehicle. The annual administrative
50 permit fee shall cover administrative costs. Local public highway agencies are
51 authorized to issue special pilot project permits and such permits shall be in
52 writing. Administrative permit fees for permits issued by a local public high-
53 way agency shall be retained by the local public highway agency to cover
54 administrative costs, and administrative permit fees for permits issued by the
55 department shall be retained by the department to cover administrative costs.
4
1 In addition to the annual administrative permit fee and the appropriate regis-
2 tration fee for weights up to one hundred five thousand five hundred (105,500)
3 pounds, the appropriate vehicle registration fees for weights over one hundred
4 five thousand five hundred (105,500) pounds shall be calculated and collected
5 in accordance with the fee schedules set forth in section 49-432 or 49-434,
6 Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17108
This proposed legislation is a trailer bill to SB 1138 to include
a Pilot Project route that was intended to be included in the
original bill. This route connects the existing northern
end of current access for 129,000 pound equipment on Yellowstone
Avenue in Idaho Falls to Highway 20 at Sugar City. This route is
important to the economic movement of aggregates and building
material in the area.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.
CONTACT
Name: Roy Eiguren (208) 388-1200
Skip Smyser (208) 342-0777
Senator John McGee (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1180