PRINTER'S NO. 1818
No. 1531 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY PYLES AND M. E. MILLER JR., JUNE 24, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 25, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," increasing the mileage for the use of
6 farm vehicles exempt from registration.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 401, act of April 29,
10 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," amended
11 October 13, 1965 (P.L.581, No.301), is amended to read:
12 Section 401. Registration of Motor Vehicles, Tractors,
13 Trailers and Semi-Trailers Required; Special Permits for
14 Nonresidents.--
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16 (f) Motor vehicles, tractors, trailers and semi-trailers
17 determined by the department to be used exclusively by any
18 person, or his agents and employes, upon the farm or farms he
19 owns or operates, or upon highways connecting by the most direct
20 route any farms or portions of farms, all of which are situated
1 in any one county or county next adjoining thereto (unless the
2 same is a farm tractor in which event the limitation of county
3 lines shall not be applicable) and under the single ownership or
4 operation of such person, shall be exempt from registration. A
5 certificate of exemption shall be required in the case of motor
6 vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers: Provided, That vehicles
7 exempt from registration under this act, which use the highways
8 as above limited, may be operated upon highways connecting by
9 the nearest route such farm or farms and the nearest official
10 inspection station for purposes of inspection, as provided for
11 in this act. Vehicles exempt from registration may also be
12 operated on the highways between such farm or farms and any
13 garage for the purpose of having the same repaired, or between
14 such farm or farms and another farm for the purpose of
15 exchanging farm work without remuneration: Provided, That the
16 said garage or other farm is within [eight] twenty miles of the
17 farm or farms which the owner or operator of the vehicle owns or
18 operates. Vehicles exempt from registration may also be operated
19 on the highways between such farm or farms and any place or
20 places for the buying or selling of farm products located within
21 [eight] twenty miles of the farm or farms which the owner or
22 operator of the vehicle owns or operates.
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