Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately allow overweight and overwide vehicles to remove snow during a snow emergency, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety and convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 19G the following two sections:-

Section 19I. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, the maximum vehicle width as provided in section nineteen, maximum vehicle weight as provided in section nineteen A and any minimum speed limit on any way shall not apply to any vehicle being operated on a public way within two hundred yards of the work site of said vehicle, if said vehicle is being used in the performance of duties pursuant to a contract with the commonwealth, any political subdivision thereof or any state authority regarding construction on a public way.

Section 19J. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, the maximum vehicle width as provided in section nineteen, the maximum axle weights as provided in section nineteen A and any minimum speed limit on any way shall not apply to any vehicle being operated on any public way in the performance of municipality, county or state contracted snow clearing duties.