Section 250-156-1 - DEFINITIONS1. COMBINATION OF VEHICLES (VEHICLE COMBINATION): means a truck or truck tractor used in combination with a trailer(s) and/or semitrailer(s).2. GENERAL LAW HIGHWAYS: means all non-Interstate highways in Maine and Interstate 95 from the New Hampshire State line to Exit 113 (Augusta Cushnoc Bridge) which includes the Maine Turnpike.3. INSTANT OVERLIMIT PERMIT: means a serialized document approved by the Overlimit Permit Unit via telephone that authorizes a single trip to legally transport an overlimit vehicle, or vehicle combination, and/or load upon public highways within seven days, along certain approved routes, and from a single origin to a single destination within the state of Maine. Instant permits typically are for a single move, but may be issued for one round trip.4. INTERSTATE SYSTEM: means the Interstate Highway System as defined in the United States Highway Act of 1956, with the exception that it does not include the portions of the Interstate System subject to Maine's General Law gross weight limits (See GENERAL LAW HIGHWAYS).5. LEGAL (as in LEGAL HEIGHT, LEGAL WIDTH, or LEGAL LENGTH): means a dimension or weight that does not require an overlimit permit.6. LOAD: means any object(s) that may be carried by a vehicle or combination of vehicles.7. LONG TERM (MONTHLY) PERMIT: means a document that allows a single vehicle to move for up to 12 consecutive months when that vehicle, in combination with its load exceeds normal legal limits, but also meets certain other conditions.8. OVER HEIGHT: means height that exceeds the legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2380.9. OVER LENGTH: means length that exceeds the legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2390.10. OVERLIMIT: means height, length, width, or weight that exceeds the legal limit.11. OVERLIMIT PERMIT UNIT: means the unit within the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Office of Motor Carrier Services with the authority and responsibility to routinely process overlimit permits.12. OVERSIZE/OVERDIMENSIONAL: means height, length, or width that exceeds the legal limit.13. OVERWEIGHT: means weight that exceeds the legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. Chapter 21.14. OVER WIDTH: means width that exceeds the legal limit as established in Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2380.15. PERMIT/OVERLIMIT PERMIT: means a document approved by the Overlimit Permit Unit allowing the legal transport of overlimit loads and/or vehicles upon public highways within a certain time frame, and under certain conditions.16. PERMITTEE: means the entity granted an overlimit permit in accordance with Title 29-A M.R.S.A. §2382.17. SEMITRAILER: means a vehicle without motive power, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle, and constructed so that some part of its weight and its load rests upon or is carried by the motor vehicle.18. STRUCTURAL PARTS: means any object or protrusion that is part of, connected to, joined, fastened or otherwise attached to a motor vehicle with the exception of an antenna.19. TITLE 29-A: any reference to Title 29-A means Title 29-A of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (M.R.S.A.).20. TRAILER: means a vehicle without motive power, designed to carry persons or property and to be drawn by a motor vehicle, not operated on tracks, and so constructed that no part of its weight and its load rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.21. TRUCK: means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily to carry property. A truck may be used to tow trailers or semitrailers.22. TRUCK TRACTOR: means a motor vehicle designed and used exclusively to draw other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn.23. VEHICLE: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a public or private way, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon rails or tracks.29- 250 C.M.R. ch. 156, § 1