Sec. 14-24. Heavy duty trailers. Heavy construction equipment. Gross weight of tractor-trailer units.
Sec. 14-24. Heavy duty trailers. Heavy construction equipment. Gross weight
of tractor-trailer units. The commissioner may, if in his opinion it is equitable, grant
a special registration and furnish a special set of number plates or markers, limited
or unlimited as he deems advisable, for the operation of heavy duty trailers for the
transportation of heavy construction equipment, of cranes or other heavy construction
equipment upon the streets and highways of this state from the railroad station or the
storage yard to the construction job, or from one construction job to another. Each
movement of such trailer, when loaded, crane or other heavy construction equipment
shall require a limited or unlimited written permit from the Commissioner of Transportation, unless it is operating with an oversize-overweight account code number, and a
confirmation number furnished by said commissioner. The Commissioner of Transportation shall issue for each such vehicle operating with such an account code number a
document which identifies the vehicle and states the date of issue and date of expiration.
The original document, as furnished by the Commissioner of Transportation, shall be
carried in the vehicle. The markers or number plates furnished by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall be displayed in a prominent place on the vehicle. Such registration
may be revoked or suspended at the discretion of the commissioner. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from issuing temporary registrations for vehicles of this class. The commissioner may, upon receipt of a certified copy
of a permit granted under the provisions of section 13a-117, grant to the person named
in the permit a special registration and furnish a special set of number plates or markers,
limited or unlimited, as specified in the permit, which permit shall be a part of such
registration. The registered gross weight of any tractor-trailer unit, where the trailer is
registered as a heavy duty trailer, shall be the light weight of the tractor plus the gross
weight of the heavy duty trailer.
(1949 Rev., S. 2369; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 137; 1971, P.A. 355, S. 3; P.A. 73-98; P.A. 95-325, S. 4, 16.)
History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; 1971 act added provision for
determining "registered gross weight" of tractor-trailer units; P.A. 73-98 deleted requirement that copy of permit be filed
with motor vehicles commissioner; P.A. 95-325 deleted provision re temporary markers and required a written permit for
movement of a trailer unless it is operating with an oversize-overweight account code number and a confirmation number
furnished by commissioner and issuance of a document which identifies vehicle and states dates of issue and expiration
for each vehicle operating with such an account code number, and that the original document to be carried in vehicle, and
that markers or number plates be displayed in a prominent place on vehicle.