Any provision of this chapter or of chapter eighty-five to the contrary notwithstanding, no motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, or semi-trailer unit may be operated or permitted to operate on the System of Interstate and Defense Highways within this commonwealth with a gross vehicle weight or weight per axle such as would preclude the commonwealth from receiving federal highway aid funds under Title 23 of the United States Code.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 19E