HF 2884

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to traffic regulations; setting maximum 
  1.3             weight limit for milk trucks; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2000, section 169.87, subdivision 4. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.87, 
  1.7   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 4.  [VEHICLE TRANSPORTING MILK.] Until June 1, 2003, 
  1.9   a weight restriction imposed under subdivision 1 by the 
  1.10  commissioner of transportation or a local road authority, or 
  1.11  imposed by subdivision 2, does not apply to a vehicle 
  1.12  transporting milk from the point of production to the point of 
  1.13  first processing if, at the time the weight restriction is 
  1.14  exceeded, the vehicle is carrying milk loaded at only one point 
  1.15  of production.  This subdivision does not authorize a vehicle 
  1.16  described in this subdivision to exceed a gross vehicle weight 
  1.17  restriction of five tons per axle by more than two tons per axle 
  1.18  of 72,000 pounds.