LD232 • 2025

An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington

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Sponsor: Representative Richard Campbell
Last action: 2025-03-04
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington

An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington Sponsor: Representative Richard Campbell Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington Sponsor: Representative Richard Campbell Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-03-04 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-03-03 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-02-27 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-02-27 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-01-16 House
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
2025-01-16 Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington
Sponsor:
Representative Richard Campbell
Reference committee:
Transportation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 232
H.P. 155 House of Representatives, January 21, 2025
An Act to Impose a Vehicle Weight Limit on Route 46 in the Town
of Eddington
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CAMPBELL of Orrington.
Cosponsored by Senator HAGGAN of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR0303(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2353, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 1999, c. 2, §§30 to 32 and
3 affected by §33, is amended to read:
41. Weight limits. Except as provided in subsection 1-A and in section 2355, the
5 following gross vehicle weight limits apply to vehicles operating on a public way:
6 A. For a 2-axle vehicle, 34,000 pounds;
7 B. For a 3-axle vehicle or combination of vehicles, 54,000 pounds;
8 C. For a 4-axle vehicle or combination of vehicles and, except as provided by section
9 2364, for single unit vehicles of 5 or more axles, 69,000 pounds;
10 D. Except as provided in paragraph E, section 2354, section 2357, subsection 4 and
11 section 2365 for combination vehicles with 5 or more axles, 80,000 pounds; and
12 E. For a combination of 3-axle truck tractor and tri-axle semitrailer, 100,000 pounds.
13Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2353, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
141-A. Weight limit on Route 46 in Town of Eddington. A motor vehicle operating
15 on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington may not exceed a gross vehicle weight of 33,000
16 pounds.
17Sec. 3. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
18SUMMARY
19 This bill prohibits a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of more than 33,000
20 pounds from operating on Route 46 in the Town of Eddington beginning January 1, 2026.
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