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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="24-203" title_number="24" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Regulation of Use of Highways">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Highway Administration may adopt rules, regulations, and orders necessary for the preservation of State highways.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>These rules, regulations, and orders may include provisions to regulate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The use of State highways by vehicles or other objects that cause more than ordinary wear and tear of the highways; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The use of any State highway that is in danger.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before any rule, regulation, or order may be adopted under this section, it shall be published once a week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the affected highway lies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not knowingly violate any rule, regulation, or order adopted under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
