[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3549 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3549

To amend title 23, United States Code, to allow trucks weighing between 
   80,000 and 100,000 pounds to operate on that portion of the Maine 
            Turnpike which is now limited to 80,000 pounds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 1996

Mr. Longley (for himself, Mr. Baldacci, and Mr. Zeliff) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to allow trucks weighing between 
   80,000 and 100,000 pounds to operate on that portion of the Maine 
            Turnpike which is now limited to 80,000 pounds.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 127(a) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``With respect to the State of New Hampshire, State laws or 
regulations in effect on January 1, 1987, which applied to State 
highways other than the Interstate System shall be applicable to 
Interstate Route 95 for the purposes of this subsection. With respect 
to the State of Maine, State laws pertaining to weight limits (other 
than those applicable to the Interstate System) that were in effect on 
October 1, 1995, shall be applicable for the purposes of this 
subsection both to that portion of the Maine Turnpike designated 
Interstate Route 95 and 495 and to that portion of Interstate Route 95 
from the southern terminus of the Maine Turnpike to the New Hampshire 
State line.''.
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