Opinion No. (1981)

REQUESTED BY: David O. Coolidge, Director-State Engineer, Nebraska Department of Roads, P.O. Box 94759, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68509. 1. Legislative Bill 285 of the 1981 Legislature, in Section 3, paragraph 1(c) inserted gross between the words maximum and weight dealing with up to 25% greater loads for seasonally harvested products. How does the inclusions ofgross affect the axle limitation of 20,000 pounds in Neb.Rev.Stat. § 39-6,180 (Supp. 1980), paragraph (2) with respect to the maximum gross weight specified by law?

2. The existing statute allows up to 25% greater than the maximum weight…