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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MAHER, GEIST, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, BROOKS, 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, PYLE, QUINN, REED, SAYLOR, SIMMONS, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TOOHIL, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MAY 16, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MAY 16, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for definitions and for width of |
3 | vehicles. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. The definition of "implement of husbandry" in |
7 | section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended and the section is amended by adding |
9 | definitions to read: |
10 | § 102. Definitions. |
11 | Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent |
12 | provisions of this title which are applicable to specific |
13 | provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when |
14 | used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly |
15 | indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: |
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1 | * * * |
2 | "Agricultural commodity." Any of the following: |
3 | (1) Agricultural, apicultural, aquacultural, |
4 | horticultural, floricultural, viticultural and dairy |
5 | products. |
6 | (2) Livestock, poultry and the products of livestock and |
7 | poultry. |
8 | (3) Crops and crop by products. |
9 | (4) Nutrients. |
10 | * * * |
11 | "Crop." The term includes, but is not limited to: |
12 | (1) Field crops, including corn, wheat, oats, rye, |
13 | barley, hay, potatoes and dry beans. |
14 | (2) Fruits, including apples, peaches, grapes, cherries |
15 | and berries. |
16 | (3) Vegetables, including tomatoes, snap beans, cabbage, |
17 | carrots, beets, onions and mushrooms. |
18 | (4) Horticultural specialties, including nursery stock, |
19 | ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers. |
20 | * * * |
21 | "Implement of husbandry." Farm equipment that meets all of |
22 | the following criteria: |
23 | (1) Is equipped with pneumatic tires except if |
24 | prohibited by religious beliefs. |
25 | (2) Is infrequently operated or moved upon highways. |
26 | (3) Is used in agriculture for any of the following |
27 | purposes: |
28 | (i) performance of agriculture production or |
29 | harvesting activities for the farmer's agricultural |
30 | operations; or |
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1 | (ii) transportation of an agricultural [products] |
2 | commodity or agricultural supplies for the benefit of the |
3 | farmer's agricultural operations. |
4 | The term also includes earthmoving equipment and any other |
5 | vehicle determined by the department to be an implement of |
6 | husbandry. |
7 | * * * |
8 | "Livestock." Cattle, horses, sheep, goats and swine of every |
9 | age and sex. |
10 | * * * |
11 | "Nutrient." The term includes, but is not limited to: |
12 | (1) A substance or recognized plant nutrient, element or |
13 | compound that is used or sold for its plant nutritive content |
14 | or its claimed nutritive value. |
15 | (2) Livestock and poultry manures and their byproducts, |
16 | compost used as fertilizer, commercially manufactured |
17 | chemical fertilizers, biosolids or combinations of |
18 | commercially manufactured chemical biosolids. |
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20 | Section 2. Section 4921(b) of Title 75 is amended to read: |
21 | § 4921. Width of vehicles. |
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23 | (b) Special vehicles.-- |
24 | (1) Any implement of husbandry or vehicle loaded with |
25 | [vegetable produce or forage crops] an agricultural commodity |
26 | and not exceeding [11] 12 feet in width may be driven, hauled |
27 | or towed between sunrise and sunset on highways other than |
28 | freeways. |
29 | (2) Any implement of husbandry not exceeding 14 feet 6 |
30 | inches in width may be driven, hauled or towed between |
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1 | sunrise and sunset on highways other than freeways: |
2 | (i) Between parts of one farm owned or operated by |
3 | the owner of the implement of husbandry. |
4 | (ii) Between farms owned or operated by the owner of |
5 | the implement of husbandry located not more than 50 miles |
6 | apart. |
7 | (iii) Between: |
8 | (A) farms; or |
9 | (B) a farm owned or operated by a farmer and a |
10 | place of business of a mechanic or dealer in |
11 | implements of husbandry; |
12 | located not more than 150 miles away for the purpose of |
13 | buying, selling, trading, loaning and leasing, |
14 | demonstrating, repairing or servicing the implement of |
15 | husbandry. |
16 | (3) Special mobile equipment not exceeding nine feet two |
17 | inches in width may be driven, hauled or towed between |
18 | sunrise and sunset on highways other than freeways. |
19 | (4) [The] Except for an implement of husbandry, the |
20 | department may regulate the operation of special vehicles |
21 | subject to this subsection which regulations may prohibit the |
22 | operation of special vehicles on certain days or during |
23 | certain hours. |
24 | (5) An implement of husbandry or vehicle used |
25 | [exclusively for highly perishable crops for processing] to |
26 | transport or harvest an agricultural commodity and not |
27 | exceeding 14 feet 6 inches in width may be operated at any |
28 | time on highways other than freeways [between sunset and |
29 | sunrise only during the period of May 20 to October 15]. The |
30 | implement or vehicle, when used [at this time] between sunset |
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1 | and sunrise, shall have two rotating yellow beacons and |
2 | vehicular hazard signal lamps operating. |
3 | (6) Commercial implements of husbandry not exceeding 12 |
4 | feet in width, including wheels and tires, may be driven, |
5 | hauled or towed between sunrise and sunset on highways other |
6 | than freeways. |
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8 | Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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