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Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural and Forestry Hauling Efficiency Act.
Section 2
2. Vehicle weight limitations Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Commonwealth of Virginia may allow, by special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 90,000 pounds. In this subsection, the term covered agricultural vehicle means a vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips. (z)Exception for agricultural vehicles in Commonwealth of Virginia
(1)In generalThe Commonwealth of Virginia may allow, by special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in the Commonwealth of Virginia if such vehicle does not exceed 90,000 pounds. (2)Covered agricultural vehicle definedIn this subsection, the term covered agricultural vehicle means a vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, rough-sawn green lumber, biomass, or wood chips. .