Vehicle weight limits; violations, owner of commercial motor vehicle hauling coal.

The document status changed from 'Enrolled' to 'Transportation Substitute,' indicating the bill is being returned to the House for potential amendment rather than being finalized.

Subsection C was rewritten to explicitly state that the owner of a commercial motor vehicle hauling coal is the person charged with weight violations, replacing the previous broader language that applied to any vehicle.

The specific section detailing weight limits and permit fees for gravel, sand, asphalt, crushed stone, and liquids (previously Subsections H and I) was removed from the text of the Substitute.

New page headers, line numbers, and committee attribution text were added, reflecting the bill's new status as a substitute offered by the House Transportation Committee.

Provisions allowing Arlington, Henrico, and other cities/towns to adopt their own weight limit ordinances and set their own penalties were deleted from the final bill.

The final bill clarifies that for coal haulers operating without a permit, the vehicle owner is legally responsible for the violation, even if the operator was driving.

Specific requirements for coal haulers were added, including rules on bed size, mandatory paint lines and holes to mark load limits, and specific fines for exceeding these limits.

Detailed procedures for how weight violations are processed, including administrative orders and court contest timelines for general violations, were removed.