2005 Idaho Code - 49-1004 — PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZE LOADS -- SPECIAL PILOT PROJECT ROUTES AND ANNUAL PERMITS

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 10
                      WEIGHT, SPEED AND TIRE REGULATIONS
    49-1004.  PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZE LOADS -- SPECIAL PILOT
PROJECT ROUTES AND ANNUAL PERMITS. (1) Upon application in writing to the
board or other proper authorities in charge of, or having jurisdiction over a
highway, the board or authorities may in their discretion issue a special
permit to the owner or operator of any vehicle allowing vehicles or loads
having a greater weight or size than permitted by law to be moved or carried
over and on the highways and bridges.
    (a)  Special permits shall be in writing and may limit the time of use and
    operation over the particular highways and bridges which may be traversed
    and may contain any special conditions and require any undertaking or
    other security as the board or other proper authority shall deem to be
    necessary to protect the highways and bridges from injury, or provide
    indemnity for any injury to highways and bridges or to persons or property
    resulting from such operation.
    (b)  The owner or operator of an overweight or oversize vehicle shall
    obtain a permit, or shall establish intent to obtain a permit by
    contacting a permit office and receiving a permit number before moving the
    vehicle on the highways.
    (c)  All special permits or evidence of intent to obtain a permit,  shall
    be carried in the vehicles to which they refer and shall upon demand be
    delivered for inspection to any peace officer, authorized agent of the
    board or any officer or employee charged with the care or protection of
    the highways.
    (2)  Nonreducible vehicles or combinations of vehicles hauling
nonreducible  loads at weights in excess of those set forth in section
49-1001, Idaho Code, shall pay fees as set forth in this subsection (2). Such
fees are based on the number of axles on the vehicle or combination of
vehicles and the total gross weight.

                          Column 1                    Column 2
                   Gross weight of vehicle     Gross weight of vehicle
Number of axles      and load in pounds          and load in pounds
       2                    40,001                        -
       3                    54,001                        -
       4                    68,001                        -
       5                    80,001                     131,001
       6                    97,001                     148,001
       7                   114,001                     165,001
    (a)  To determine the maximum allowable permit fee for vehicles with more
    than seven (7) axles, the table can be extended by adding seventeen
    thousand (17,000) pounds to the last listed weight in both columns 1 and 2
    for each added axle.
    (b)  Permit fees for column 1 shall start at four cents (4¢) per mile and
    increase four cents (4¢) per mile for each additional two thousand (2,000)
    pound increment up to the weight indicated in column 2. Permit fees for
    column 2 shall start at one dollar and two cents ($1.02) per mile and
    increase seven cents (7¢) per mile for each additional two thousand
    (2,000) pound increment.
    (c)  Vehicles operating at weights less than the starting weights per axle
    configuration listed in column 1 shall be charged four cents (4¢) per
    mile.
    (d)  For vehicles operating with axles wider than eight (8) feet six (6)
    inches or axles with more than four (4) tires per axle, the fee may be
    reduced by the board or other proper authority having jurisdiction over a
    highway.
    (3)  It shall be unlawful for any person to violate, or to cause or permit
to be violated, the limitations or conditions of special permits and  any
violation shall be deemed for all purposes to be a violation of the provisions
of this chapter.
    (4)  An annual special pilot project route permit authorizing travel on
pilot project routes shall be issued by the board or may, in its discretion,
be issued by a local public highway agency for operation of vehicles with a
legal maximum gross weight of at least one hundred five thousand five hundred
one (105,501) pounds but not exceeding one hundred twenty-nine thousand
(129,000) pounds. Such pilot project routes on nonstate and noninterstate
highways shall be determined by the local highway agency for those roads under
its jurisdiction. No local public highway agency shall approve a pilot project
route which provides a thoroughfare for interstate carriers to pass through
the state. State pilot project routes designated by the legislature and
identified on a map entitled "Designated Pilot Project Routes" are:
    (a)  Ashton to Kimberly to Twin Falls to Nevada using US-20, US-30, SH-33,
    US-93, SH-25, SH-50 and SH-74.
    (b)  US-91 from its junction with SH-34 to the Utah border.
    (c)  US-30 from its junction with I-15 to the Wyoming border.
    (d)  US-95 south from Fruitland to junction with SH-55.
    (e)  SH-19 between Wilder and Caldwell.
    (f)  SH-78 between Marsing and Hammett.
    (g)  SH-67 from Mountain Home to junction with SH-78 at Grandview.
    (h)  SH-55 from intersection with Farmway Road to junction with US-95.
    (i)  SH-25 from the intersection of SH-24 to Paul.
    (j)  SH-25 from intersection with US-93 to Hazelton.
    (k)  SH-24 from intersection with US-93 to intersection with SH-25.
    (l)  US-20 from its intersection with New Sweden Road to its junction with
    SH-22/33.
    (m)  SH-34 from milepost 78 to the junction with US-91.
    (n)  US-26 from the intersection with 45th West to the junction with
    US-91; and US-26 from its junction with US-91 north to its intersection
    with Gallatin/West 23rd Street.
    (o)  US-91 from the intersection with Canyon Road to the junction with
    US-26.
    (p)  SH-22 from Dubois to the junction with SH-33.
    (q)  SH-45 from junction with SH-78 to intersection with I-84 business
    loop; I-84 business loop to intersection with SH-55; SH-55 to I-84
    interchange no. 35.
Additions or deletions to the approved state pilot project routes specified in
this subsection (4) shall be made only with the approval of the state
legislature.
    (5)  An annual administrative permit fee for operating on pilot project
routes at the weights specified in subsection (4) of this section shall be set
by the board for travel on state pilot project routes and by the local public
highway agency for travel on routes under its jurisdiction, but not to exceed
a maximum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per vehicle. The annual administrative
permit fee shall cover administrative costs. Local public highway agencies are
authorized to issue special pilot project permits and such permits shall be in
writing. Administrative permit fees for permits issued by a local public
highway agency shall be retained by the local public highway agency to cover
administrative costs, and administrative permit fees for permits issued by the
department shall be retained by the department to cover administrative costs.
In addition to the annual administrative permit fee and the appropriate
registration fee for weights up to one hundred five thousand five hundred
(105,500) pounds, the appropriate vehicle registration fees for weights over
one hundred five thousand five hundred (105,500) pounds shall be calculated
and collected in accordance with the fee schedules set forth in section 49-432
or 49-434, Idaho Code.