TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-25
Size, Weight, and Load Limits
SECTION 31-25-23
§ 31-25-23 Conditions and restrictions on
excess load permits.
(a) The department of revenue or local authority is authorized to issue or
withhold a permit at its discretion, or if the permit is issued, to limit the
number of trips, or to establish seasonal or other time limitations within
which the described vehicles may be operated on the indicated highways, or
otherwise to limit or prescribe conditions of operation of the vehicle or
vehicles, when necessary to assure against undue damage to the road
foundations, surfaces, or structures, and may require any undertaking or other
security that may be deemed necessary to compensate for any injury to any
roadway or road structure.
(b) Whenever a permit is issued by the department of revenue
or local authority for continuous operation, the permit shall not be issued for
a period in excess of the registration date of the subject vehicle.
(c) Upon re-registration of the subject vehicle, permits
shall be issued by the department of revenue or local authority, upon the
re-certification of the braking and carrying capacity of the subject vehicle as
specified on the expired permit.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 35, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 31-25-23; P.L.
1983, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 22; P.L. 2008, ch. 145,
§ 22.)
