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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="24-113" title_number="24" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Size, Weight, and Load">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purpose of this section is to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Facilitate the obtaining of permits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Eliminate undue hardships to political subdivisions, contractors, and the movers of heavy or large equipment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Make possible, when circumstances justify, the issuing of permits under which more than one move can be made.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Highway Administration and the Department of State Police jointly may formulate rules and regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Implement the statutes on the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Establish fees and charges under these statutes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before a rule or regulation may be adopted or amended under this section, the State Highway Administration shall hold a public hearing on it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the hearing, the State Highway Administration may adopt the proposed rule, regulation, or amendment or any appropriate modification to it.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
