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ID H0194
Bill
Status
4/1/2015
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
HB 194 Summary
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Changes harvest season for vehicles transporting agricultural products from seasonal restrictions to year-round operation.
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Exempts farm trailers from braking requirements when hauling agricultural products or livestock within a 50-mile radius of farm to storage, marketing, or processing facilities.
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Removes chaining requirement exemptions for agricultural product transportation from certain highway passes and applies year-round exemptions instead.
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Allows farm vehicles, forest product transport vehicles, and refuse/sanitation trucks operated by government agencies to exceed axle and gross vehicle weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds on non-interstate highways, except on posted bridge weight restrictions.
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Declares an emergency effective date for the law upon passage and approval.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise harvest season provisions; to revise a braking requirement exemption in the use of farm trailers; to revise a chaining requirement exemption for the transportation of agricultural products; to remove language relating to the operation of refuse or sanitation trucks; and to provide an exception to specified weight restrictions for axles, bridges and gross vehicle weight limits for farm vehicles, vehicles that are operated to transport forest products and certain refuse or sanitation trucks.
MOTOR VEHICLES
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on April 1, 2015 Session Law Chapter 208 Effective: 04/01/2015
4/1/2015