PRINTER'S NO. 1377

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 1224 Session of 1979

        INTRODUCED BY YAHNER, THOMAS, STUBAN, COLE, C. GEORGE, HELFRICK,
           DeVERTER, WILT, STAIRS, ARMSTRONG, WENGER, CALTAGIRONE,
           WACHOB, BRANDT, MOEHLMANN, W. W. FOSTER, MILLER, PUNT, SWIFT,
           MADIGAN, HONAMAN, KLINGAMAN, BRUNNER, DeMEDIO, IRVIS,
           M. H. GEORGE, KOLTER, DOMBROWSKI, GOODMAN, MANDERINO,
           D. R. WRIGHT, LIVENGOOD, B. F. O'BRIEN, McCALL, GATSKI,
           B. D. CLARK, PETRARCA, SWEET AND LETTERMAN, MAY 7, 1979

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 7, 1979

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, eliminating fees for the operation of certain
     3     implements of husbandry and changing the standards for the
     4     operation of certain implements of husbandry.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 1943(b) of Title 75, act of November 25,
     8  1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     9  Statutes, is repealed.
    10     Section 2.  Section 4921(b) of Title 75 is amended to read:
    11  § 4921.  Width of vehicles.
    12     * * *
    13     (b)  Farm vehicles.--[Any implement of husbandry or vehicle
    14  loaded with vegetable produce or forage crops and not exceeding
    15  ten feet in width may operate between sunrise and sunset on
    16  highways other than freeways.]

     1         (1)  Any implement of husbandry or vehicle loaded with
     2     vegetable produce or forage crops and not exceeding ten feet
     3     in width may operate between sunrise and sunset on highways
     4     other than freeways.
     5         (2)  Any implement of husbandry not exceeding 14 feet 6
     6     inches in width may be operated, hauled or towed between
     7     sunrise and sunset on highways other than freeways between:
     8             (i)  Parts of one farm.
     9             (ii)  Farms located not more than 25 miles apart.
    10             (iii)  A farm and a dealer in implements of husbandry
    11         or other place of business located within a radius of 25
    12         miles from the farm for the purpose of buying, selling,
    13         trading, lending, demonstrating, inspecting, repairing or
    14         servicing of the vehicle.
    15  The driver shall drive as close to the right side of the highway
    16  as possible.
    17     * * *
    18     Section 3.  Section 4967 of Title 75 is repealed.
    19     Section 4.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.








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