Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 189.222 to allow vehicles with a gross weight of up to 90,000 pounds transporting fluid milk from a farm to the first market to operate on any state highway; allow for a 10% weight tolerance; provide exceptions and limitations; amend KRS 189.221 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 189.010 to include fluid milk products in the definition of "nondivisible load" as it pertains to the roads that are a part of the national truck network; amend KRS 189.270 to allow overweight permits for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds; amend KRS 189.2717 to allow annual overweight permits along a specified route for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 189.222, 189.221
House Committee Substitute 1: 189.222, 189.010, 189.270, 189.2717, 189.221
Current: 189.222, 189.010, 189.270, 189.2717, 189.221