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§47-14-101.


§47-14-101.
   
   A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the
   owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any
   highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the
   limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this
   chapter, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles herein specified
   shall be lawful throughout this state and local authorities shall have
   no power or authority to alter said limitations except as express
   authority may be granted in this chapter.
   
   B. The provisions of this chapter governing size, weight and load
   shall not apply to fire apparatus, Department of Transportation
   research testing equipment, vehicles used by retail implement dealers
   while hauling implements of husbandry or to implements of husbandry,
   including farm tractors, temporarily moved upon a highway, or to a
   vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit issued as herein
   provided.
   
   C. All size, weight and load provisions covered by this chapter shall
   be subject to the limitations imposed by Title 23, United States Code,
   Section 127, and such other rules and regulations developed herein.
   Provided further that any size and weight provision authorized by the
   United States Congress for use on the National System of Interstate
   and Defense Highways, including but not limited to height, axle
   weight, gross weight, combinations of vehicles or load thereon shall
   be authorized for immediate use on such segments of the National
   System of Interstate and Defense Highways and any other highways or
   portions thereof as designated by the Transportation Commission or
   their duly authorized representative.
   
   D. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state as
   provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, other than a vehicle
   permitted solely for overweight movement, shall be moved only during
   daylight hours. As used in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title,
   "daylight hours" shall mean one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to
   one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.
   
   E. 1. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state
   as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall not be moved
   at any time on the following holidays:
   
   a. New Year's Day (January 1),
   
   b. Memorial Day (the last Monday in May),
   
   c. The Fourth of July (Independence Day),
   
   d. Labor Day (the first Monday in September),
   
   e. Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November),
   
   f. The day following Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Friday in November),
   
   g. Christmas Eve (December 24),
   
   h. Christmas Day (December 25), and
   
   i. New Year's Eve (December 31).
   
   For the purposes of the prohibition of movement on holidays as
   prescribed in this paragraph, the holidays listed above shall be
   deemed to begin at twelve o'clock noon on the day preceding the
   holiday and continue through the holiday named above.
   
   2. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state as
   provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall be allowed to
   move on the following holidays:
   
   a. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (the third Monday in January),
   
   b. President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday (the third
   Monday in February), and
   
   c. Veteran's Day (November 11).
   

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