2014 -- S 2879

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS

     

     Introduced By: Senator Stephen R.Archambault

     Date Introduced: April 09, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-25 of the General Laws entitled "Size, Weight, and Load

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Limits" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     31-25-27.8. Weight restrictions on Smith Avenue-Smithfield. -- (a) No commercial

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motor truck or tractor with a gross weight exceeding four (4) tons, except those listed in this

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section, shall be allowed to travel on that portion of Route 116 between Route 44 and West

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Greenville Road known as Smith Avenue in the town of Smithfield.

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     (b) The director of the department of transportation is directed to post signs to limit

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access as prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.

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     (c) The following vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of this section: any

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commercial vehicle whose destination is anywhere, either on or off the routes stated in subsection

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(a) of this section; any and all emergency vehicles, state vehicles, municipal vehicles, public

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transit vehicles, and marked school transportation vehicles.

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     (d) Any commercial registered motor truck or tractor with a gross weight exceeding four

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(4) tons, shall be prohibited from traveling the routes stated in subsection (a) as a through route.

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Signs will be posted by the department of transportation stating "Local Deliveries Only – No

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Through Trucking – four (4) ton weight limit."

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     (e) Violations of this section shall be a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense,

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not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each and every subsequent offense.

 

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - TRUCK WEIGHT LIMITS

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     This act would prohibit commercial motor trucks or tractors with a gross weight

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exceeding four (4) tons from travelling on that portion of Route 116 known as Smith Avenue in

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the town of Smithfield.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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