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title: "49 U.S.C. § 5908"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 5908 - Relationship to other laws

## Text

Nothing in this chapter affects—

(1) chapter 51 (relating to transportation of hazardous material) or the regulations promulgated under that chapter; or

(2) any State highway weight or size law or regulation applicable to tractor-trailer combinations.

(Added Pub. L. 104–291, title II, § 209(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3458.)