as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to traffic regulations; exempting certain 1.3 trailers carrying implements of husbandry from size 1.4 and weight laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 1.5 Supplement, section 169.801, subdivision 1. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 1.8 169.801, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.9 Subdivision 1. [EXEMPTION FROM SIZE, WEIGHT, LOAD 1.10 PROVISIONS.] Except as provided in this section and section 1.11 169.82, the provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 that govern 1.12 size, weight, and load do not apply to: 1.13 (1) a horse-drawn wagon while carrying a load of loose 1.14 straw or hay; 1.15 (2) a specialized vehicle resembling a low-slung trailer 1.16 having a short bed or platform, while transporting one or more 1.17 implements of husbandry;or1.18 (3) an implement of husbandry while being driven or towed 1.19 at a speed of not more than 30 miles per hour; provided that 1.20 this exemption applies to an implement of husbandry owned, 1.21 leased, or under the control of a farmer or implement dealer 1.22 only while the implement of husbandry is being operated on 1.23 noninterstate roads or highways within 75 miles of any farmland 1.24 or implement dealership: (i) owned, leased, or operated by the 1.25 farmer or implement dealer and (ii) on which the farmer or 2.1 implement dealer regularly uses or sells or leases the implement 2.2 of husbandry; or 2.3 (4) a trailer carrying an implement of husbandry if (1) the 2.4 trailer is part of a combination operated by an implement dealer 2.5 delivering the implement of husbandry to a location within 75 2.6 miles of the implement dealership; and (2) the combination is 2.7 operated at a speed of not more than 55 miles per hour.