§ 110-91. Penalties.

(a)

Any driver or owner of a vehicle, truck or truck tractor, truck or truck tractor with other vehicles in combination or special mobile equipment who shall knowingly fail to stop at or knowingly bypasses any scale or weighing station shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)

Any driver or owner of a vehicle who shall operate any vehicle or carry any load of a width, height or length greater than that permitted under section 110-82 is responsible for a civil infraction.

(c)

An owner of a vehicle or a lessee of the vehicle of an owner-operator, or other person who causes or allows a vehicle to be loaded and driven or moved on a highway, when the weight of that vehicle violates section 110-81, is responsible for a civil infraction and shall pay a civil fine in an amount equal to:

(1)

Per pound of excess load over 1,000 pounds when the excess is 2,000 pounds or less ..... $0.03

(2)

Per pound of excess load when the excess is over 2,000 pounds but not over 3,000 pounds ..... 0.06

(3)

Per pound of excess load when the excess is over 3,000 pounds but not over 4,000 pounds ..... 0.09

(4)

Per pound of excess load when the excess is over 4,000 pounds but not over 5,000 pounds ..... 0.12

(5)

Per pound of excess load when the excess is over 5,000 pounds but not over 10,000 pounds ..... 0.15

(6)

Per pound for each pound of excess load when the excess is over 10,000 pounds ..... 0.20

The court shall have discretionary power as to the amount of the civil fine within the schedule provided by this subsection and may impose the civil fine provided in section 907 as amended of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1949 (MCL 257.1 et seq., MSA 9.1801 et seq.), as amended, for a civil infraction where, at the time of the violation, either the motor vehicle, motor vehicle and semitrailer or trailer did not exceed the total weight which would be lawful for each unit by a proper distribution of the load upon the various axles supporting each unit. Enforcement of payment of such fine may be by methods provided in section 724 as amended of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1949 (MCL 257.1 et seq., MSA 9.1801 et seq.), as amended, or by any other method authorized by law.

(Code 1963, § 10.31)