Code of Maine Rules › 29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › 250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 156 - FEE STRUCTURE FOR OVER DIMENSIONAL AND OVERWEIGHT LOADS, ALONG WITH STATE POLICE ESCORT FEE › Section 250-156-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. COMBINATION OF VEHICLES (VEHICLE
				  COMBINATION): means a truck or truck tractor used in combination with a
				  trailer(s) and/or semitrailer(s).
2. GENERAL LAW HIGHWAYS: means all
				  non-Interstate highways in Maine and Interstate 95 from the New Hampshire State
				  line to Exit 113 (Augusta Cushnoc Bridge) which includes the Maine
				  Turnpike.
3. INSTANT OVERLIMIT
				  PERMIT: means a serialized document approved by the Overlimit Permit Unit via
				  telephone that authorizes a single trip to legally transport an overlimit
				  vehicle, or vehicle combination, and/or load upon public highways within seven
				  days, along certain approved routes, and from a single origin to a single
				  destination within the state of Maine. Instant permits typically are for a
				  single move, but may be issued for one round trip.
4. INTERSTATE SYSTEM: means the Interstate
				  Highway System as defined in the United States Highway Act of 1956, with the
				  exception that it does not include the portions of the Interstate System
				  subject to Maine's General Law gross weight limits (See GENERAL LAW
				  HIGHWAYS).
5. LEGAL (as in LEGAL
				  HEIGHT, LEGAL WIDTH, or LEGAL LENGTH): means a dimension or weight that does
				  not require an overlimit permit.
6.
				  LOAD: means any object(s) that may be carried by a vehicle or combination of
				  vehicles.
7. LONG TERM (MONTHLY)
				  PERMIT: means a document that allows a single vehicle to move for up to 12
				  consecutive months when that vehicle, in combination with its load exceeds
				  normal legal limits, but also meets certain other conditions.
8. OVER HEIGHT: means height that exceeds the
				  legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2380.
9. OVER LENGTH: means length that exceeds the
				  legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2390.
10. OVERLIMIT: means height, length, width,
				  or weight that exceeds the legal limit.
11. OVERLIMIT PERMIT UNIT: means the unit
				  within the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Office of Motor Carrier Services with the
				  authority and responsibility to routinely process overlimit permits.
12. OVERSIZE/OVERDIMENSIONAL: means height,
				  length, or width that exceeds the legal limit.
13. OVERWEIGHT: means weight that exceeds the
				  legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. Chapter 21.
14. OVER WIDTH: means width that exceeds the
				  legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2380.
15. PERMIT/OVERLIMIT PERMIT: means a document
				  approved by the Overlimit Permit Unit allowing the legal transport of overlimit
				  loads and/or vehicles upon public highways within a certain time frame, and
				  under certain conditions.
16.
				  PERMITTEE: means the entity granted an overlimit permit in accordance with
				  Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2382.
17.
				  SEMITRAILER: means a vehicle without motive power, designed to be drawn by a
				  motor vehicle, and constructed so that some part of its weight and its load
				  rests upon or is carried by the motor vehicle.
18. STRUCTURAL PARTS: means any object or
				  protrusion that is part of, connected to, joined, fastened or otherwise
				  attached to a motor vehicle with the exception of an antenna.
19. TITLE 29-A: any reference to Title 29-A
				  means Title 29-A of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.).
20. TRAILER: means a vehicle without motive
				  power, designed to carry persons or property and to be drawn by a motor
				  vehicle, not operated on tracks, and so constructed that no part of its weight
				  and its load rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.
21. TRUCK: means a motor vehicle designed and
				  used primarily to carry property. A truck may be used to tow trailers or
				  semitrailers.
22. TRUCK TRACTOR:
				  means a motor vehicle designed and used exclusively to draw other vehicles and
				  not constructed to carry a load other than part of the weight of the vehicle
				  and load drawn.
23. VEHICLE: means
				  a device for conveyance of persons or property on a public or private way,
				  excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon rails or
				  tracks.