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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for certain farm vehicles when operating |
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on a highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 541.201(6), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(6) "Implement of husbandry" means: |
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(A) a vehicle, other than a passenger car or |
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truck, that is designed and adapted for use as a farm implement, |
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machinery, or tool for tilling the soil; |
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(B) a towed vehicle that transports to the field |
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and spreads fertilizer or agricultural chemicals; or |
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(C) a motor vehicle designed and adapted to |
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deliver feed to livestock. |
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SECTION 2. Section 622.901, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 622.901. WIDTH EXCEPTIONS. (a) In this section, |
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"farm tractor" and "implement of husbandry" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 541.201. |
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(b) The width limitation provided by Section 621.201 does |
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not apply to: |
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(1) highway building or maintenance machinery that is |
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traveling: |
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(A) during daylight on a public highway other |
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than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and |
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defense highways; or |
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(B) for not more than 50 miles on a highway that |
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is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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(2) a vehicle traveling during daylight on a public |
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highway other than a highway that is part of the national system of |
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interstate and defense highways or traveling for not more than 50 |
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miles on a highway that is part of the national system of interstate |
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and defense highways if the vehicle is: |
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(A) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry; or |
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(B) a vehicle on which a farm tractor or |
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implement of husbandry, other than a tractor or implement being |
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transported from one dealer to another, is being moved by the owner |
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of the tractor or implement or by an agent or employee of the owner: |
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(i) to deliver the tractor or implement to a |
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new owner; |
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(ii) to transport the tractor or implement |
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to or from a mechanic for maintenance or repair; or |
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(iii) in the course of an agricultural |
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operation; |
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(3) machinery that is used solely for drilling water |
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wells, including machinery that is a unit or a unit mounted on a |
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conventional vehicle or chassis, and that is traveling: |
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(A) during daylight on a public highway other |
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than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and |
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defense highways; or |
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(B) for not more than 50 miles on a highway that |
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is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; |
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(4) a vehicle owned or operated by a public, private, |
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or volunteer fire department; |
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(5) a vehicle registered under Section 502.431; or |
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(6) a recreational vehicle to which Section 622.903 |
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applies. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |