Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 001 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Rule 001.00.18-002 - Permits for Overweight Vehicles Carrying Agronomic or Horticlutral Products

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 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
		  one thousand dollars ($1000.00).
D.
ADDITIONAL PERMIT
		  INFORMATION
1. 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 oil seed 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.