PRINTER'S NO.  3534

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2373

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, GEIST, MAHER, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, COX, CUTLER, EVANKOVICH, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FLECK, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HARRIS, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, OBERLANDER, QUINN, REED, SAYLOR, SIMMONS, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TOOHIL, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MAY 16, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MAY 16, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for

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definitions; and in registration of vehicles, further

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providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The definition of "multipurpose agricultural

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vehicle" in section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 102.  Definitions.

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Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent

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provisions of this title which are applicable to specific

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provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when

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used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly

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indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

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"Multipurpose agricultural vehicle."  A motor vehicle which

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is [60] 62 inches or less in width and [1,200] 2,000 pounds or

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less in dry weight and which is used exclusively for

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agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved

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upon the highways.

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Section 2.  Section 1302(17) of Title 75 is amended to read:

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§ 1302.  Vehicles exempt from registration.

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The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:

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(17)  Any multipurpose agricultural vehicle. Vehicles

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exempt from registration under this paragraph shall be used

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exclusively upon a farm or farms owned or operated by the

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owner of the vehicles or upon highways between:

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(i)  Parts of one such farm.

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(ii)  Such farms located not more than [two] five 

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miles apart.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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