KRS 189.2713: Annual and single -trip permits for transporting loads of metal

commodities weighing between 80,001 and 120,000 pounds -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) As used in this section, "metal commodities":

(a) Means output products from metal-producing industries that are transported in

their most basic and original form from a mill or storage facility to market for

processing; and

(b) Does not include manufactured parts being transported from a manufacturer

or supplier to another customer.

(2) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS

Chapter 13A governing the issuance of annual and single -trip permits for the

operation of motor vehicles transporting metal commodities with a minimum gross

weight of eighty thousand and one (80,001) pounds and a maximum gross weight of

one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) pounds in divisible or nondivisible loads to

or from a facility manufacturing metal commodities in this state or a facility used

for storage of metal commodities. T he administrative regulations promulgated

under this section shall include fees for annual and single-trip permits.

(3) A motor carrier transporting metal commodities in divisible or nondivisible loads to

or from a facility manufacturing metal commodities in this state or a facility used

for storage of metal commodities, may apply for an annual or single-trip overweight

permit pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. A permit issued under this section

shall be specific to a single truck and shall be valid twenty-four (24) hours a day.

(4) Permits issued under this section shall contain a website hyperlink or any other

method to provide the motor carrier with routes that are approved by the

department.

(5) Upon renewal of any annual permit issued under thi s section, the permit holder

shall report to the cabinet the number of trips made and the total miles driven under

the permit during the previous year.

(6) Administrative regulations promulgated by the department under this section may

require motor carriers to meet specific Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

(FMCSA) safety ratings and FMCSA safety measurement system scores before

issuance of a permit under this section.