1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; defining "farm truck" asincluding certain vehicles 
1.3 	owned by persons transporting wood productson behalf of farmers or certain 
1.4 	loggers; making clarifying revisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 
1.5 	168.011,subdivision 17.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. MinnesotaStatutes 2004, section 168.011, subdivision 17, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 17.Farm truck. (a) "Farm truck"means all single-unit trucks, truck-tractors, 
1.10 	tractors,semitrailers, and trailers a single-unit truck, truck-tractor,tractor, semitrailer, or 
1.11 	trailer  used by the its owner thereof totransport  farm products as provided in paragraphs 
1.12 	(b) and(c), forest products or related materials as provided in paragraphs (d), (e),and (f), 
1.13 	or other personal property as provided in paragraph(g).
1.14 	(b)A farm truck may be used to:
1.15 	(1) transport farm products produced and finishedby the owner from farm to 
1.16 	market; or
1.17 	(2) occasionallytransport unprocessed and raw farm products not produced by the 
1.18 	ownerfrom the place of production to the market when the transportation constitutesthe 
1.19 	first haul of the products.
1.20 	In this paragraph,"farm products" includes but is not limited to agricultural, horticultural, 
1.21 	 and dairy products,and other farm products, including livestock, producedor finished by 
1.22 	the owner of the truck, and any other personal propertyowned by the farmer to whom 
1.23 	the license for the truck is issued,from the farm to market, and to transport property and 
1.24 	suppliesto the farm of the owner. Trucks, truck-tractors, tractors, semitrailers,and trailers 
1.25 	registered as "farm trucks" may be used by the ownerthereof to occasionally transport 
2.1 	unprocessedand raw farm products, not produced by the owner of the truck, from the 
2.2 	placeof production to market when the transportation constitutes the first haulof the 
2.3 	products, and may be used by the owner thereof, either.
2.4 	(c) A farm truck maybe used to transport milk or cream en route from a farm to an 
2.5 	assemblypoint, from a farm to a place for final manufacture, or from an assembly pointto 
2.6 	a place for final processing or manufacture. A farm truck soused must be a single-unit 
2.7 	truck that, because of its construction,can only be used to transport milk or cream. On 
2.8 	return trips, the owner may deliver butter,cream, cheese, or other dairy supplies to patrons.
2.9 	(d) A farm truck may be used to transportraw and unfinished forest products. In 
2.10 	this paragraph, "forest products" includesbut is not limited to logs, pulpwood, lumber, 
2.11 	wood chips, and railroad ties. The ownerof a farm truck so used must be a farmer or, a 
2.12 	 loggerwho harvests and hauls forest products only, to transport logs, pulpwood,lumber, 
2.13 	chips, railroad ties and other raw and unfinished ora person employed by or contracting 
2.14 	with the farmer or logger to transportthe forest products. Transportation of the  forest 
2.15 	products mustbe from the place of production to an intermediate or final assembly point 
2.16 	ortransfer yard or railhead, which. The  transportationmay be continued by another farm 
2.17 	truck to a place for final processingor manufacture located within 200 miles of the place 
2.18 	of production andall of which is. The initial transportation and the continuationare 
2.19 	 deemed to constitute the first haul of unfinishedwood products; provided that the owner 
2.20 	and operator of the vehicle transporting.
2.21 	(e) Afarm truck may be used to transport  planed lumber shall have ifthe owner or 
2.22 	operator described in paragraph (d) has  in immediatepossession a statement signed by the 
2.23 	producer of the lumber designatingthe governmental subdivision, section, and township 
2.24 	wherethe lumber was produced and  stating that this haul, indicatingthe date, shipment 
2.25 	 is the first haul thereof ofthe lumber. The statement must be dated and must be signed 
2.26 	bythe producer of the lumber. 
2.27 	The licensed vehicles (f) A farm truck  may also beused by the owner thereof to 
2.28 	transport, to and fromtimber-harvesting areas, equipment and appurtenances incidentalto 
2.29 	timber harvesting, and  to transport gravel and otherroad-building materials for timber 
2.30 	haul roads.
2.31 	(b) "Farm trucks"shall also include only single-unit trucks that, because of their 
2.32 	construction,cannot be used for any other purpose and are used exclusively to transport 
2.33 	milkand cream en route from a farm to an assembly point or place for final manufacture, 
2.34 	andfor transporting milk and cream from an assembly point to a place for finalprocessing 
2.35 	or manufacture. This section shall not be construedto mean that the owner or operator 
3.1 	of the truckcannot carry on usual accommodation services for patrons on regular return 
3.2 	trips,such as butter, cream, cheese, and other dairy supplies.
3.3 	(g) A farm truck maybe used to:
3.4 	(1) transportfrom farm to market other personal property owned by the farmer to 
3.5 	whomthe truck is registered; or
3.6 	(2) transport property or supplies to the farm of theowner.