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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 248 Vehicle Highway Use
Sec. 14-269a. Weight of refuse vehicles.
Sec. 14-269a. Weight of refuse vehicles. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-267a, a motor vehicle which is owned or operated by any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of collecting refuse and which is operated for the purpose
of collecting such refuse or which is owned and operated by any town or municipality
for such purpose, may be operated on any road or highway, if the axle weight on the
rear axle or axles of such vehicle does not exceed the weight limits established pursuant
to section 14-267a by more than seven thousand pounds and if the combined weight on
the rear axles does not exceed forty-four thousand five hundred pounds. This exemption
shall not apply to any such motor vehicle operated on any road or highway which is a
part of the interstate highway system.(P.A. 86-125.)
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