339.99 PENALTY.

   In addition to any other penalties provided for in this chapter, whoever violates the weight provisions of this chapter shall be fined eighty dollars ($80.00) for the first 2,000 pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in excess of 2,000 pounds, but not in excess of 5,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) and in addition thereto one dollar ($1.00) per one hundred pounds of overload; for overloads in excess of 5,000 pounds but not in excess of 10,000 pounds, such person shall be fined one hundred thirty dollars ($130.00) and in addition thereto two dollars ($2.00) per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. For all overloads in excess of 10,000 pounds such person shall be fined one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00) and in addition thereto three dollars ($3.00) per one hundred pounds of overload, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Whoever violates the weight provisions of vehicles and load relating to gross load limits shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). No penalty prescribed in this subsection shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if the overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds, and if the immediately preceding or following axle, excepting the front axle of the vehicle combination, is underloaded by the same or a greater amount. For purposes of this subsection, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart, shall be considered as one axle.
(ORC 5577.99(A))