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Relating to weight limitations for certain implements of husbandry. Effective 7-1-19
Sponsored by the Senate Agriculture Committee
Topics:AgricultureTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 11, 2019
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 20, 201949–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 201973–25
- Done: To the GovernorApril 8, 2019
- Done: Signed into lawApril 8, 2019
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What’s in it
This bill prohibits the weight on any one axle of a self-propelled implement of husbandry used exclusively for the application of organic or inorganic plant food materials, agricultural limestone, or agricultural chemicals operated on the highways from exceeding 25,000 pounds.463 and Code chapter 321 when operated over a bridge, other than any provision limiting the weight on any one axle to less than 25,000 pounds. The bill authorizes a local authority to issue a special permit, based on a statewide standard developed by the department of transportation, allowing the operation over a bridge within the local authority’s jurisdiction of such a self-propelled implement of husbandry with a weight in excess of the weights allowed.
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463(11). The bill repeals a provision authorizing overweight permits for such self-propelled implements of husbandry originally purchased or ordered prior to February 1, 2007, and strikes the corresponding references to the provision.1, an “implement of husbandry” is a vehicle or special mobile equipment manufactured, designed, or reconstructed for agricultural purposes and, except for incidental uses, exclusively used in the conduct of agricultural operations. “Implements of husbandry” includes certain all-terrain vehicles, fence-line feeders, and vehicles used exclusively for the application of organic or inorganic plant food materials, organic agricultural limestone, or agricultural chemicals. To be considered an implement of husbandry, a self-propelled implement of husbandry must be operated at speeds of miles per hour or less.
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