CHAPTER 10 HOUSE BILL No. 2166 An Act regulating traffic; concerning certain axles; amending K.S.A. 8-1908 and repealing
the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 8-1908 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-
1908. (a) The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle shall not exceed
10,000 pounds.

      (b) The gross weight upon any one axle, including any one axle of a
group of axles, of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.

      (c) Any axle located within seven feet of any adjacent axle shall be a
weight bearing axle and shall at all times, when the wheels of such axle
are in contact with the road surface, carry its proportionate part of the
load permitted on such axles. An axle shall not be used to determine the
lawful axle weight under this section or the gross weight under K.S.A. 8-
1909, and amendments thereto, when the wheels of such axle are not in
contact with the road surface.

      (d) As used in this section:

      (1) ``Gross weight on any one axle'' means the total load on all wheels
whose centers are included within two parallel transverse vertical planes
not more than 40 inches apart.

      (2) ``Tandem axles'' means two or more consecutive axles, arranged
in tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or
individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced not less than
40 inches and not more than 96 inches apart.

      (3) ``Triple axles'' means three or more consecutive axles, arranged
in tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or
individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced more than 96
inches and not more than 120 inches apart.

      (4) ``Quad axles'' means four or more consecutive axles, arranged in
tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or
individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced more than 120
inches and not more than 150 inches apart.

      (e) The gross weight on tandem axles shall not exceed 34,000 pounds.

 Sec.  2. K.S.A. 8-1908 is hereby repealed.

 Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved March 24, 2003.
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