THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

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

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 5, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for vehicles exempt from

registration and for persons exempt from licensing.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1302(2) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subparagraph to

read:

§ 1302.  Vehicles exempt from registration.

The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:

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(2)  Any implement of husbandry, trailer or semitrailer

determined by the department to be used exclusively for

agricultural operations and only infrequently operated upon

highways. Vehicles exempt from registration under this

paragraph shall be used exclusively upon a farm or farms

owned or operated by the owner of the vehicle or upon

highways between:

(i)  Parts of one such farm.

(ii)  Such farms located not more than 25 miles

apart.

(iii)  Such farm or farms and a place of business

located within a radius of 25 miles from such farm or

farms for the purpose of buying or selling agricultural

commodities or supplies or for delivery, repair or

servicing of the vehicle.

(iv)  Such farm or farms and a school that is hosting

an annual agricultural-related educational event for the

purpose of participating in that event, provided that the

distance between the farm or farms and the site of the

event does not exceed 25 miles.

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Section 2.  Section 1502 of Title 75 is amended by adding a

paragraph to read:

§ 1502.  Persons exempt from licensing.

The following persons are not required to obtain a driver's

license under this chapter:

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(6)  Any person 14 years of age or older may operate an

implement of husbandry not to exceed 11 feet in width on a

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roadway for the purpose of driving that implement between

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sunrise and sunset to an annual agricultural-related

educational event hosted by a school, provided that the

distance between the person's residence and the site of the

event does not exceed 15 25 miles.

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