HB 279 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
9Apr2021... 0319h
2021 SESSION
21-0450
11/06
HOUSE BILL 279
SPONSORS: Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum gross weight allowed on any tandem axle for a combination of truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles that carries raw forestry products. The bill also defines "raw forestry products" for purposes of calculating maximum gross weight.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9Apr2021... 0319h 21-0450
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Maximum Gross Weight. Amend RSA 266:18-b, III(g) to read as follows:
(g) For a combination of truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles, the weight on any single axle shall not exceed 22,400 pounds and the weight on any tandem axle shall not exceed 36,000 pounds, and the weight of any tri-axle shall not exceed 54,000 pounds. For a combination of truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles that is carrying raw forestry products, the weight on any tandem axle shall not exceed 40,000 pounds. For purposes of this subparagraph, "raw forestry products" means unprocessed logs and wood chips harvested from forestland, as defined in RSA 227-G:2, VIII, that have not previously been moved off site.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.