Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/31112?qt-us_code_tabs=2
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 31112', '§ 1', '§ 312', '§ 352', '§ 343', '§ 4112', '§ 411', '§ 4006', '§ 4112', '§ 4112']

49 U.S. Code § 31112 - Property-carrying unit limitation | LII / Legal Information Institute
General Limitations.— A State may not allow by any means the operation, on any segment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those classes of qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways designated by the Secretary of Transportation under section 31111
(e) of this title, of any commercial motor vehicle combination (except a vehicle or load that cannot be dismantled easily or divided easily and that has been issued a special permit under applicable State law) with more than one property-carrying unit (not including the truck tractor) whose property-carrying units are more than—
Special Rules for Wyoming, Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, and Nebraska.— In addition to the vehicles allowed under subsection (b) of this section—
Wyoming may allow the operation of additional vehicle configurations not in actual operation on June 1, 1991, but authorized by State law not later than November 3, 1992, if the vehicle configurations comply with the single axle, tandem axle, and bridge formula limits in section 127
(a) of title 23 and are not more than 117,000 pounds gross vehicle weight;
Additional Limitations.— (1)
This section does not prevent a State from further restricting in any way or prohibiting the operation of any commercial motor vehicle combination subject to this section, except that a restriction or prohibition shall be consistent with this section and sections 31113
(a) and (b) and 31114 of this title.
Nebraska may continue to allow to be operated under paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section,
the State of Nebraska may allow longer combination vehicles that were not in actual operation on June 1, 1991 to be operated within its boundaries to transport sugar beets from the field where such sugar beets are harvested to storage, market, factory or stockpile or from stockpile to storage, market or factory. This provision shall expire on February 28, 1998.
List of State Length Limitations.— (1)
Except as revised under this paragraph or paragraph (5) of this subsection, the list shall be published as final in the Federal Register not later than June 15, 1992. In publishing the final list, the Secretary shall make any revisions necessary to correct inaccuracies identified under paragraph (2) of this subsection. After publication of the final list, commercial motor vehicle combinations prohibited under subsection (b) of this section may not operate on the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and other Federal-aid Primary System highways designated by the Secretary except as published on the list. The list may be combined by the Secretary with the list required under section 127
(d) of title 23.
Limitations on Statutory Construction.— This section may not be construed—
to allow the operation on any segment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways of a longer combination vehicle prohibited under section 127
(d) of title 23;
See 1996 Amendment note below.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 995; Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 312(a)(3),Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 584; Pub. L. 104–205, title III, § 352,Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 2980; Pub. L. 105–66, title III, § 343,Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1449; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, § 4112,Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1724.)
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 31112(a)(1)
Jan 6, 1983, Pub. L. 97–424, 96 Stat. 2159, § 411(j); added Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 4006(a), 105 Stat. 2148.
2005—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–59, § 4112(b), substituted “Iowa, and Nebraska” for “and Iowa” in heading.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 109–59, § 4112(a), added par. (5).
1997—Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 105–66substituted “February 28, 1998” for “September 30, 1997”.
1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–59substituted “Alaska, and Iowa” for “and Alaska” in heading and added par. (4).