Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
Permit Rules for the Movement of Oversize and Overweight
Vehicles On the State Highway System
Rule
19
-PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES CARRYING AGRONOMIC OR
HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
A.
INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated §
27-35-210(q),
the Commission may issue a permit valid for one (1) year authorizing the
movement of a truck tractor and semi-trailer combination with a minimum of five
(5) axles hauling agronomic or horticultural crops in their natural state that
exceed the maximum gross weight as provided in §
27-35-203
but do not exceed a total gross weight of one hundred thousand pounds (100,000
lbs.). A truck tractor and semi-trailer combination issued such a permit shall
not exceed the height, length, or width restrictions set out in Chapter 35 of
Title 27 of the Arkansas Code, or as set out in these rules.
B.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
1. All permits issued pursuant to this Rule
shall be considered Annual Route Permits. Each permit may apply for up to five
(5) different routes.
2. Any
application for an Annual Route Permit pursuant to this Rule shall be
accompanied by a specific point of origin and destination for each
route.
3. In addition to the
Application Information Required in Rule 2 B, each request for an annual permit
shall be accompanied by proof of a North American Standard Level I Inspection
with no critical violations noted for the specific power unit and all towed
units to be permitted.
C.
BOND/FEE INFORMATION
1. No bond is required.
2. The fee for a permit to move overweight
agronomic and horticultural products under Rule 19 shall be eight hundred
dollars ($ 800.00).
D.
ADDITIONAL PERMIT INFORMATION1.
During operation of the permitted vehicle on state highways pursuant to this
Rule, each vehicle/trailer combination is required to carry proof of a North
American Standard Level I Inspection;
2. During operation of the permitted vehicle
on state highways pursuant to this Rule, each driver is required to be 21 years
of age, and to maintain within the permitted vehicle their current DOT Medical
Certification;
3. Upon application
for an Annual Route Permit under this Rule as set out in 19(B), a permit
technician will review the origin and destination information provided, and
attempt to identify the shortest route from the origin to the destination
within the following parameters:
a. ABSOLUTELY
NO TRAVEL ON THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE
HIGHWAYS;
b. No travel on weight
restricted bridges;
c. No travel on
weight restricted highways except as provided in subsection (d);
d. Permitted vehicles that have an origin or
final destination on a weight restricted highway may travel on those weight
restricted highways on their origin or final destination for loads within the
permit limits.
4. A
permit may be issued for a combined tractor/trailer, or a tractor with up to
five (5) identified trailers, provided the number of axles and axle spacings
remain the same when towing the various trailers.
E.
DEFINITIONS
1. "Agronomic crops" means the species in
each of the following plant groupings belonging to the domain of agronomy:
cereal or grain crops; grain legumes or pulses and oilseed crops for food, feed
or industrial use; pasture and forage crops; fiber crops; sugar crops; and
starchy root and tuber crops.
2.
"Horticultural crops" means vegetable crops, fruit crops and edible nuts, other
ornamental crops, and nursery crops. In addition, the aromatic crops and the
medicinal crops are included.
3.
"Natural state" means unfinished or unprocessed agronomic or horticultural
crops originating in Arkansas from the first point of severance to a point in
the state at which they first undergo any finishing, processing, preparation
for processing, conversion, or transformation.
4. Agricultural and horticultural crops do
not include timber or forestry products in any form.
