Nebraska Statutes 60-3,148. Commercial motor vehicle; public power district motor vehicle; metropolitan utilities district motor vehicle; increase of gross vehicle weight; where allowed
(1) This subsection applies until January 1, 2023. No owner of a commercial motor vehicle or public power district motor vehicle shall be permitted to increase the gross vehicle weight for which such commercial motor vehicle or public power district motor vehicle is registered except at the office of the county treasurer in the county where such commercial motor vehicle or public power district motor vehicle is currently registered unless the need for such increase occurs when such commercial motor vehicle is more than one hundred miles from the county seat of such county or the public power district motor vehicle is more than one hundred miles from its base location, unless authorized to do so by the Nebraska State Patrol or authorized state scale examiner as an emergency.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-3,148
- Gross vehicle weight: means the sum of the empty weights of a truck or truck-tractor and the empty weights of any trailer, semitrailer, or combination thereof with which the truck or truck-tractor is to be operated in combination at any one time, plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereon at any one time. See Nebraska Statutes 60-330
- Metropolitan utilities district: means a district created pursuant to section 14-2101. See Nebraska Statutes 60-336.02
- Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-339
- Owner: means a person, firm, or corporation which holds a legal title of a motor vehicle or trailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-342
- Public power district: means a district as defined by section 70-601 receiving annual gross revenue of at least forty million dollars as determined by the Nebraska Power Review Board. See Nebraska Statutes 60-346.01
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) This subsection applies beginning January 1, 2023. No owner of a commercial motor vehicle, metropolitan utilities district motor vehicle, or public power district motor vehicle shall be permitted to increase the gross vehicle weight for which such commercial motor vehicle, metropolitan utilities district motor vehicle, or public power district motor vehicle is registered except at the office of the county treasurer in the county where such commercial motor vehicle, metropolitan utilities district motor vehicle, or public power district motor vehicle is currently registered unless the need for such increase occurs when such commercial motor vehicle is more than one hundred miles from the county seat of such county or the metropolitan utilities district motor vehicle or public power district motor vehicle is more than one hundred miles from its base location, unless authorized to do so by the Nebraska State Patrol or authorized state scale examiner as an emergency.