(a) This rule arises out of a legislative mandate to initiate, promulgate and monitor a permit system that regulates the use of highways and bridges on the State highway system (outside of New York City), by vehicles carrying weights in excess of that statutorily allowed. Section 385, subdivision 15 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law is the controlling statute.

(b) To prescribe requirements for administering the program of divisible load overweight permits for State highways.

(c) To establish guidelines which take into consideration the safety of the traveling public and the protection of the highways and the environment in connection with the issuance of divisible load overweight permits.

(d) To establish a schedule of fees for obtaining divisible load overweight permits.

The provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that have been incorporated by reference in this Subpart have been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, the publications so filed being the books entitled: title 49 CFR parts 100 to 177, parts 178 to 199, parts 300 to 399, parts 400-571 and parts 572-999 revised as of October 1, 2019, published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, as a special edition of the Federal Register. The incorporated regulations may be examined at the Office of the Department of State, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231-0001, at the law libraries of the New York State Supreme Court, the Legislative Library, the New York State Department of Transportation, Office of Counsel or Motor Carrier Compliance Bureau, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232. They may be purchased by mail from the Government Printing Office, New Orders, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000. The full text of the Code of Federal Regulations is available in electronic format at www.ofr.gov. Copies of the Code of Federal Regulations are also available at many public libraries and bar association libraries.