Arkansas Administrative Code

27 CAR § 110-709. Evidence — Entries in regular course of business. Any writing of record, whether in the form of any entry in a book or otherwise, made as a memorandum or record of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event will be admissible as evidence thereof if it shall appe…

27 CAR § 110-710. Evidence — Documents containing matter not material. (a) When material and relevant matter offered in evidence is in a document containing other material not relevant, the offering party shall: (1) Produce the document at the hearing; (2) Plainly designate the m…

27 CAR § 110-711. Evidence — Documents in commission’s files. (a) In general. If any matter contained in a report or other document, not a tariff or schedule, open to public inspection in the files of the State Highway Commission is offered in evidence, such report or other docum…

27 CAR § 110-712. Evidence — Records in other commission proceedings. (a) If any portion of the record before the State Highway Commission in any proceeding other than the one on hearing is offered in evidence, a true copy of such portion shall be presented for the record in the …

27 CAR § 110-713. Evidence — Abstracts of documents. When documents such as freight bills or bills of lading are numerous, the State Highway Commission or officer may refuse to receive in evidence other than a limited number of such documents said to be typical.

27 CAR § 110-714. Evidence — Exhibits. (a) Generally. (1) Exhibits of a documentary character may have a maximum of twenty-two inches (22”) in width by twelve and one-half inches (12 1/2") in height. (2) Whenever practicable, the sheets of each exhibit and the lines of each sheet…

27 CAR § 110-715. Record in referred matter unaffected by a second reference. If for any reason an order referring a matter to a particular officer is vacated and the matter referred to a different officer, any testimony already taken in such proceeding shall be part of the recor…

27 CAR § 110-716. Evidence — Filing of subsequent to hearing — Copies. (a) Except as provided below or as expressly may be permitted in a particular instance, the State Highway Commission will not receive in evidence or consider as part of the record any documents, letters, or ot…

27 CAR § 110-717. Evidence — Objections to. (a) Formal exception to a ruling of the State Highway Commission or an officer at a hearing is unnecessary. (b) It is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling is made or sought, make known the action which he or she desires the c…

27 CAR § 110-718. Oral argument. (a) If oral argument before the State Highway Commission or the officer is desired, notice should be given at or before the hearing and may arrange to hear the argument at the close of the testimony within such limits of time as may be determined,…

27 CAR § 110-719. Adjournment of hearing. A continuance may be granted if it is impossible to conclude a hearing within the time available or for any reason a continuance is necessary or advisable.

27 CAR § 110-801. Briefs — Content and arrangement. (a) Due date. The due date of each brief must appear on its front cover or title page. (b) Table of contents — Citations. A brief of more than twenty (20) pages shall contain on its front flyleaves a table of contents to be supp…

27 CAR § 110-802. Briefs — Time of filing. (a) In a proceeding which has been the subject of hearing, the State Highway Commission or officer may, subject to variation for cause shown, fix times for filing and serving the respective briefs as follows: for the opening brief, thirt…

27 CAR § 110-803. Briefs of interveners. Briefs of interveners shall be filed and served within the time fixed for the brief of the party in whose behalf the intervention is made or as may be otherwise directed by the officer.

27 CAR § 110-804. Oral argument before commission. (a) Request — How made. Request for oral argument before the State Highway Commission must be made at the hearing. (b) Request for time allotment. (1) If the petition is granted, argument may be made at once or a notice will be s…

27 CAR § 110-901. Compliance with commission orders. (a) When in consequence of proceedings under any act, the State Highway Commission has by its order directed a defendant or a respondent to do or desist from doing a particular thing, such defendant or respondent must notify th…

27 CAR § 110-902. Issuance of show cause orders. Upon its own motion, the State Highway Commission may issue show cause orders setting forth the matters complained of and requiring a party to appear and show cause why a particular order should not be issued.

27 CAR § 110-903. Procedure upon show cause order. (a) Upon the issuance of a show cause order, the State Highway Commission shall immediately serve a copy thereof upon each defendant, which shall constitute notice to each defendant requiring that the matter complained of be sati…

27 CAR § 110-904. Satisfaction of show cause order. (a) If the party against whom a show cause order has been issued shall make satisfaction before answering, he or she may in his or her answer state, without more, the fact and manner of satisfaction. (b) If satisfaction is made …

27 CAR § 111-1001. Introduction. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-210: (1) The State Highway Commission is authorized to issue special permits to towing businesses for the operation of wreckers or towing vehicles used as emergency vehicles under Arkansas Code § 27-36-305(b) when…

27 CAR § 111-1002. Application information. (a) Each applicant must provide the Permit Section a copy of its current Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board license. (b) Upon verifying the validity of the towing and recovery license, Permit Section technicians may issue the permit acc…

27 CAR § 111-1003. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) The fee for a special one-year permit is five hundred dollars ($500) per wrecker or towing vehicle and will be prorated for terms less than one (1) year.

27 CAR § 111-101. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “A.C.A.” means the Arkansas Code; (2) “Chief” means the Chief of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation; (3) “Commander” means the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas …

27 CAR § 111-102. Introduction. (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-210(a)(1)(A) – (C): (a)(1)(A) The State Highway Commission, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may, in their discretion an…

27 CAR § 111-103. Application information. (a)(1) Applications for permits to move vehicles exceeding the statutory maximum weights or dimensions over the state highway system shall be submitted to the Permit Section in writing, in person, by telephone, telefax, or by the online …

27 CAR § 111-104. Monthly permit charge account. (a) A person may set up a monthly charge account with the Arkansas Department of Transportation for the issuing of permits by posting a surety bond in a minimum amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b)(1) The bonding insurance …

27 CAR § 111-105. Movement requirements. (a) Any vehicle or piece of equipment which exceeds the dimensions or weight prescribed by state law may not be moved over the highways of the State of Arkansas without first obtaining a permit for such movement from the Arkansas Departmen…

27 CAR § 111-106. Movement restrictions. (a) No oversize movement through the Greater Little Rock area from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on: (1) Interstate 30 (mile marker 138 – 143); (2) Interstate 40 (mile marker 151 – 155); and (3) All of Interstate 630. (b…

27 CAR § 111-107. Six-day county permits. (a) A permit may be issued for two (2) or more consecutive movements or operations by one (1) vehicle, all of which shall be executed or performed within six (6) consecutive days and which must be limited to two (2) contiguous counties wi…

27 CAR § 111-108. Traffic control. (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-213: (a) … a person issued an overweight or oversize permit under this subchapter shall be authorized to temporarily stop or halt traffic and safely direct, control, and regulate traffic around the overweigh…

27 CAR § 111-109. Minimum and maximum speed limits on interstate highways. (a)(1) An application shall not be submitted and a permit shall not be issued for any vehicle, vehicle combination, load, or any other type of conveyance, whether towed, trailered, self­propelled, or other…

27 CAR § 111-110. Movement of super loads of extraordinary weight or dimension. (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have the discretion to issue a permit for the movement of super loads of extraordinary weight (gross weight of one hundred eighty thousand pounds (1…

27 CAR § 111-1101. Introduction. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-210, upon application and the payment of an annual fee, a special permit shall be issued for the movement of a vehicle of special design utilized exclusively for the drilling of water wells, or for the movement of…

27 CAR § 111-1102. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) For annual movements within a radius of thirty-five (35) miles of a point of origin of the movements, the annual fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100). (c) For annual movements exceeding the thirty-five-mile …

27 CAR § 111-1103. Movement requirements/restrictions. (a) The permits authorized under this subpart may contain limitations on the speed of operation and the routes of operation as the Director of State Highways and Transportation may deem necessary for safety to the traveling p…

27 CAR § 111-111. Emergency permits. (a)(1) The Permit Section may issue emergency permits on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the Permit Section. (2) Justifications for issuance of an emergency permit may include: (A) Natural or human-made disasters; (B) National s…

27 CAR § 111-1201. Introduction. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-210, permits may be issued for the movement of earthmoving equipment that is a tractor with dirt pan in tow used primarily for farming operations to travel upon the state highways in excess of a fifty-mile radius …

27 CAR § 111-1202. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) The single trip permit fee for movement of this type of vehicle is seventeen dollars ($17.00).

27 CAR § 111-1203. Movement requirements/restrictions. (a)(1) Proof of liability insurance for the tow vehicle shall be submitted to the Permit Section. (2) The minimum liability insurance requirements shall be: (A) Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the first bodily inju…

27 CAR § 111-1301. Introduction. Vehicles utilized to transport compacted seed cotton that exceed nine feet (9') in width, fifty­five feet (55') in length, or fourteen feet (14’) in height shall have a valid oversize permit issued by the Permit Section in order to travel the high…

27 CAR § 111-1302. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) The single trip permit fee is seventeen dollars ($17.00).

27 CAR § 111-1303. Movement requirements/restrictions. (a) Cotton module vehicles that have a valid oversize permit issued by the Permit Section and do not exceed nine feet ten inches (9' 10") in width, fifty-five feet (55') in length, or fourteen feet six inches (14' 6") in heig…

27 CAR § 111-1401. Introduction. Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-210, upon application and the payment of a fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), a special permit may be issued for one (1) single trip or for a one-year period that authorizes the movement on state highw…

27 CAR § 111-1402. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) The fee for a single trip permit is seventeen dollars ($17.00) or a one-year permit is five hundred dollars ($500).

27 CAR § 111-1501. Introduction. (a) Arkansas Code § 27-35-209 provides that forestry machinery shall be exempted from width and height permits. (b) Arkansas Code § 27-35-210 provides exemptions for vehicles described as farm equipment or special cargoes.

27 CAR § 111-1502. Application information. No permit application is required for forestry machinery or farm equipment/special cargoes.

27 CAR § 111-1503. Bond/fee information. (a) No bond is required. (b) No permit fee is required.

27 CAR § 111-1504. Exemptions. (a) Forestry machinery. (1) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-209: (a) Forestry machinery shall be exempt from the width and height limitations imposed by this subchapter, and all other statutes limiting the width and height of vehicles operating up…

27 CAR § 111-1601. Revocation. (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation reserves the authority and right to cancel, void, or otherwise invalidate a permit at any time. (b) Circumstances that may be considered in the determination to cancel, void, or otherwise invalidate a pe…

27 CAR § 111-1701. Nondivisible overweight loads. (a) A person who desires to transport a nondivisible overweight load on a weight-restricted highway shall request in writing to the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation that an agreement be…