HB 279 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0450
11/06
HOUSE BILL 279
AN ACT relative to the maximum allowable vehicle gross weight for a combination of
truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Crawford,
Carr. 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum gross weight allowed on any tandem axle for a combination of
truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles that carries forest products.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 279 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0450
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the maximum allowable vehicle gross weight for a combination of
truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Motor Vehicles; Maximum Gross Weight. Amend RSA 266:18-b, III(g) to read as follows:
2 (g) For a combination of truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles, the
3 weight on any single axle shall not exceed 22,400 pounds and the weight on any tandem axle shall
4 not exceed 36,000 pounds, and the weight of any tri-axle shall not exceed 54,000 pounds. For a
5 combination of truck-tractor and single semi-trailer with 4 or more axles that is carrying
6 forest products, the weight on any tandem axle shall not exceed 40,000 pounds.
7 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 266:18-b
latest version: 266:18-b