(A) As used in this section:
COAL TRUCK. A truck transporting coal from the site where it is mined when the truck is operated in accordance with this section.
FARM COMMODITIES. Includes livestock, bulk milk, corn, soybeans, tobacco and wheat.
FARM MACHINERY. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 4501.01.
FARM TRUCK. A truck used in the transportation from a farm of farm commodities when the truck is operated in accordance with this section.
LOG TRUCK. A truck used in the transportation of timber from the site of its cutting when the truck is operated in accordance with this section.
SOLID WASTE. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 3743.01.
SOLID WASTE HAUL VEHICLE. A vehicle hauling solid waste for which a bill of lading has not been issued.
(B) Notwithstanding R.C. §§ 5577.02 and 5577.04, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinances, a coal truck transporting coal, a farm truck or farm machinery transporting farm commodities, a log truck transporting timber, or a solid waste haul vehicle hauling solid waste, from the place of production to the first point of delivery where the commodities are weighed and title to the commodities, coal, or timber is transferred, or in the case of solid waste, from the place of production to the first point of delivery where the solid waste is disposed of or title to the solid waste is transferred, may exceed by no more than 7.5% the weight provisions of R.C. §§ 5577.01 through 5577.04, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinances, and no penalty prescribed in those sections shall be imposed. If a coal truck so transporting coal, a farm truck or farm machinery so transporting farm commodities, a log truck so transporting timber, or a solid waste haul vehicle hauling solid waste, exceeds by more than 7.5% the weight provisions of those sections, both of the following apply without regard to the 7.5% allowance provided by this division:
(1) The applicable penalty prescribed in R.C. § 5577.99 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance penalty; and
(2) The civil liability imposed by R.C. § 5577.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(C) (1) Division (B) of this section does not apply to the operation of a farm truck, log truck, or farm machinery transporting farm commodities during the months of February and March.
(2) Regardless of when the operation occurs, division (B) of this section does not apply to the operation of a coal truck, a farm truck, a log truck, a solid waste haul vehicle, or farm machinery transporting farm commodities on either of the following:
(a) A highway that is part of the interstate system;
(b) A highway, road or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under R.C. §§ 4513.33, 5577.07, 5577.071, 5577.08, 5577.09 or 5591.42, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(R.C. § 5577.042)