Assembly Bill A6120

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to dimensions and weights of vehicles

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6120 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5648
2019-2020: A5559
2021-2022: A5633
2023-2024: A5572

2015-A6120 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to dimensions and weights of vehicles.

2015-A6120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6120

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

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.
                                                           LBD09740-01-5

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