Bill Text: CT HB05548 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5548 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Restrictions On The Transport Of Mobile And Modular Homes.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - Referred by House to Committee on Transportation [HB05548 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05548-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 5548*
*February Session, 2016*		_____HB05548PS____031516____

AN ACT CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSPORT OF MOBILE AND MODULAR HOMES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-262 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(a) The following vehicles shall not be operated upon any highway or bridge without a special written permit from the Commissioner of Transportation, as provided in section 14-270, as amended by this act, specifying the conditions under which they may be so operated:

(1) A vehicle, combination of vehicle and trailer or commercial vehicle combination, including each such vehicle's load, which is wider than [one hundred two inches or its approximate metric equivalent of two and six-tenths meters or one hundred two and thirty-six-hundredths inches] fourteen feet, including its load [, but not including] and the following safety devices: Reasonably sized rear view mirrors, turn signals, steps and handholds for entry and egress, spray and splash suppressant devices, load-induced tire bulge and any other state-approved safety device which the Commissioner of Transportation determines is necessary for the safe and efficient operation of such a vehicle or combination, provided no such state-approved safety device protrudes more than three inches from each side of the vehicle or provided no such device has by its design or use the capability to carry cargo. Such permit shall not be required in the case of (A) farm equipment, (B) a vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer loaded with hay or straw, (C) a school bus equipped with a folding stop sign or exterior mirror, as approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, which results in a combined width of bus and sign or bus and mirror in excess of that established by this subsection, (D) a trailer designed and used exclusively for transporting boats when the gross weight of such boats does not exceed four thousand pounds, (E) a recreation vehicle with appurtenances, including safety devices and retracted shade awnings, no greater than six inches on each side for a maximum allowance of twelve inches, or (F) a vehicle with an attached snow plow, provided the snow plow may not exceed one hundred forty-four inches in width; and

(2) A combination of truck and trailer which is longer than [sixty-five] one hundred ten feet except (A) [a combination of truck and trailer or tractor and semitrailer loaded with utility poles, both trailer and semitrailer having a maximum length of forty-eight feet, utility poles having a maximum length of fifty feet and the overall length not to exceed eighty feet, (B)] a trailer designed and used exclusively for transporting boats when the gross weight of such boats does not exceed four thousand pounds, [(C)] (B) a tractor-trailer unit, [(D)] or (C) a commercial vehicle combination. [, (E) combinations of vehicles considered as specialized equipment in 23 CFR 658.13(e), as amended, having a maximum overall length of sixty-five feet on traditional automobile transporters, with the fifth wheel located on the tractor frame over the rear axle or axles, including low boys, or a maximum overall length of seventy-five feet on stinger-steered automobile transporters, excluding front and rear cargo overhangs, provided the front cargo overhang shall not exceed three feet and the rear overhang shall not exceed four feet. Extendable ramps used to achieve such three-foot front overhang and four-foot rear overhang shall be excluded from the measurement of overall length and shall be retracted when they are not supporting vehicles, or (F) a tractor equipped with a dromedary box operated in combination with a semitrailer which tractor and semitrailer do not exceed seventy-five feet in overall length.]

Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 14-270 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(b) Any permit issued in respect to any vehicle or combination of vehicles or vehicle and trailer on account of its excessive weight shall be limited to the gross weight shown or to be shown on the registration certificate. A permit granted under this section for a vehicle or load, greater than [twelve] fourteen feet, but no greater than [thirteen feet six inches] sixteen feet in width and traveling on undivided highways, shall (1) require [a single escort motor vehicle to precede such vehicle or load. No escort motor vehicle shall be required to follow such vehicle or load on such highways] not more than two police vehicles to escort such vehicle or load, and (2) limit travel for such vehicle or load to between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

Sec. 3. Sections 14-262b and 14-262d of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective October 1, 2016)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	14-262(a)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2016	14-270(b)
Sec. 3	October 1, 2016	Repealer section