Idaho Code § 49-1004 Permits For Overweight Or Oversize Loads - Special Routes and Annual Permits

• Library: Idaho Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Idaho Code § 49-1004

(1) Upon application in writing to the department or local authorities in charge of or having jurisdiction over a highway, the department or local 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 either hard copy or digital format 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 department or local 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, whether in hard copy or digital format, 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 local authority, 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. Such fees are based on the number of axles on the vehicle or combination of vehicles and the total gross weight.

<TABLE><TBODY> <TR> <TD rowspan="2">Number of axles </TD><TD> Column 1 </TD><TD> Column 2 </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> Gross weight of vehicle and load in pounds </TD><TD> Gross weight of vehicle and load in pounds</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 2 </TD> <TD> 40,001 </TD> <TD> - </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 3 </TD> <TD> 54,001 </TD> <TD> - </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 4 </TD> <TD> 68,001 </TD> <TD> - </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 5 </TD> <TD> 80,001 </TD> <TD> 131,001 </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 6 </TD> <TD> 97,001 </TD> <TD> 148,001 </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> 7 </TD> <TD> 114,001 </TD> <TD> 165,001 </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE>

(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.