Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1901.Criminal penalties for violation of size and
weight laws; exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the
owner or lessee to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on
any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight
exceeding the limitations stated in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas
Statutes Annotated or otherwise in violation of this article, 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 such limitations except as express
authority may be
granted in this article.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except for the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an
amount not to exceed $500.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon a first conviction thereof, pay a
fine from one, but
not both of the schedules listed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-2118, and
amendments thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the
provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated
governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire apparatus, road
machinery, farm tractors or to implements of husbandry temporarily moved
upon a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a currently
valid special permit issued in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto.
(e) Except on highways designated as part of the
national system of interstate defense highways, the gross weight limitation
prescribed by article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated on any
axle or tandem, triple or quad axles shall not apply to: (1) Trucks
specifically
designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid
waste disposal operations when loaded with garbage, refuse or waste; or (2)
trucks mounted with a fertilizer spreader used or manufactured principally to
spread animal dung, except that this paragraph (2) shall not apply to truck
tractors so equipped.
Except that such trucks under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum
gross weight limitations contained in the table in K.S.A. 8-1909, and
amendments thereto.
(f) As used in this section, "conviction" means a final conviction without
regard to whether sentence was suspended or probation granted after such
conviction, and a forfeiture of bail, bond or collateral deposited to secure
a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated,
is equivalent to a conviction.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1901; L. 1980, ch. 44, § 1; L.
1981, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 235, § 4;
L. 2004, ch. 114, § 3; Apr. 29.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1901.Criminal penalties for violation of size and
weight laws; exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the
owner or lessee to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on
any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight
exceeding the limitations stated in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas
Statutes Annotated or otherwise in violation of this article, 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 such limitations except as express
authority may be
granted in this article.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except for the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an
amount not to exceed $500.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon a first conviction thereof, pay a
fine from one, but
not both of the schedules listed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-2118, and
amendments thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the
provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated
governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire apparatus, road
machinery, farm tractors or to implements of husbandry temporarily moved
upon a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a currently
valid special permit issued in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto.
(e) Except on highways designated as part of the
national system of interstate defense highways, the gross weight limitation
prescribed by article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated on any
axle or tandem, triple or quad axles shall not apply to: (1) Trucks
specifically
designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid
waste disposal operations when loaded with garbage, refuse or waste; or (2)
trucks mounted with a fertilizer spreader used or manufactured principally to
spread animal dung, except that this paragraph (2) shall not apply to truck
tractors so equipped.
Except that such trucks under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum
gross weight limitations contained in the table in K.S.A. 8-1909, and
amendments thereto.
(f) As used in this section, "conviction" means a final conviction without
regard to whether sentence was suspended or probation granted after such
conviction, and a forfeiture of bail, bond or collateral deposited to secure
a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated,
is equivalent to a conviction.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1901; L. 1980, ch. 44, § 1; L.
1981, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 235, § 4;
L. 2004, ch. 114, § 3; Apr. 29.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1901.Criminal penalties for violation of size and
weight laws; exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the
owner or lessee to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on
any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight
exceeding the limitations stated in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas
Statutes Annotated or otherwise in violation of this article, 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 such limitations except as express
authority may be
granted in this article.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except for the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an
amount not to exceed $500.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or
8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon a first conviction thereof, pay a
fine from one, but
not both of the schedules listed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-2118, and
amendments thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the
provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated
governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire apparatus, road
machinery, farm tractors or to implements of husbandry temporarily moved
upon a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a currently
valid special permit issued in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto.
(e) Except on highways designated as part of the
national system of interstate defense highways, the gross weight limitation
prescribed by article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated on any
axle or tandem, triple or quad axles shall not apply to: (1) Trucks
specifically
designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid
waste disposal operations when loaded with garbage, refuse or waste; or (2)
trucks mounted with a fertilizer spreader used or manufactured principally to
spread animal dung, except that this paragraph (2) shall not apply to truck
tractors so equipped.
Except that such trucks under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum
gross weight limitations contained in the table in K.S.A. 8-1909, and
amendments thereto.
(f) As used in this section, "conviction" means a final conviction without
regard to whether sentence was suspended or probation granted after such
conviction, and a forfeiture of bail, bond or collateral deposited to secure
a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated,
is equivalent to a conviction.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1901; L. 1980, ch. 44, § 1; L.
1981, ch. 46, § 1;
L. 1986, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 235, § 4;
L. 2004, ch. 114, § 3; Apr. 29.