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vehicle operating under a permk issued pursuant to this section shall have a gross weight of no more than 60,000 pounds for three-aXle vehicles and 70,000 pounds for four-axle vehicles, a single axle weight of no more than 20,000 pounds, tandem axle weight of no more than 40,00.0 pounds, and a tri-axle grouping weight of no more than 50,000 pounds, with no single axle of such th-axle grouping exceeding the weight permitted for a single axle. Such permits shall be issued without cost. No permit issued under this section shall authorize the operation of any vehicle hauling excavated material for a distance of more than twenty-five miles from the land- cleating operation. However, such permit Shall not designate the route to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicable to other vehicles in their general use of the highways. Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issued under this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed often miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in fifty'five, forty-five, and thirty-five miles per hour speed limit zones. For purposes of this section, the term "excavated material" shall mean natural earth materials, which includes stumps, brash, leaves, soil, and rocks, removed by any mechanized means. Sec. 22-271. Weighing vehicles; procedure; shifting lOads; unloading excess load; weighing fee; certificate as to accuracy of scales admissible in evidence; penalties. (a) Any law enforcement officer, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, is authorized to weigh the load and the vehicle. If the place where the vehicle is stopped is ten road miles or less from a permanent weighing station, the officer may, and upon demand of the driver shall, require the vehicle to proceed to such station. If the distance to the nearest permanent weighing station is more than ten road miles such vehicle may be weighed by wheel load weighers. Any driver who fails or unreasonably refuses to drive his vehicle to such permanent weighing station or such scales or wheel load weighers upon the request and direction of the officer to do so shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The penalty for such violation shall be in addition to any other penalties prescribed for exceeding the maximum weight permitted or for any other violation. (b) In the event of such failure or unreasonable refusal, where the officer has reason te believe the vehicle is overweight, the officer may use whatever reasonable means are available to have the vehicle weighed, including the employment ora tow truck to move the vehicle to the weighing area. He may also use whatever means are necessary to reload the vehicte if the load is intentionally dumped. In such a case, any expenses incurred in having the vehicle weighed maybe taxed as costs to be imposed upon the operator who failed or unreasonably refused to drive his vehicle to such weighing area, when he has been convicted of such failure or refusal and an overweight violation. In all cases where such failure or refusal or overweight charges are dismissed, payment shall be made from highway funds.