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HOUSE BILL NO. 138 – Farm vehicle, size/speed limits

HOUSE BILL NO. 138

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H0138............................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
FARM VEHICLES - Amends existing law to provide that limitations as to size of
vehicles shall not apply to any trailer not wider than the implement of
husbandry used in the transportation of implements of husbandry for
agricultural operations; and to delete the twenty-five mile per hour speed
limit for farm tractors or implements of husbandry.
                                                                        
01/31    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/12    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow,
      Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones,
      Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
      Miller, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo,
      Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer(Schaefer), Shepherd,
      Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman,
      Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Black, Langhorst, Mitchell, Smith(24)
    Floor Sponsor - Ridinger
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/13    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
02/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
      Hill, Inram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie,
      McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Little
    Title apvd - to House
03/04    To enrol
03/05    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/06    Pres signed
03/07    To Governor
03/13    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 52
         Effective: 07/01/03

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 138
                                                                        
                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY; AMENDING SECTION 49-1010, IDAHO CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE  THAT  LIMITATIONS  AS  TO SIZE OF VEHICLES SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY
  4        TRAILER NOT WIDER THAN THE IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY USED IN THE  TRANSPORTA-
  5        TION OF IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY FOR AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS, TO DELETE THE
  6        TWENTY-FIVE  MILE  PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR FARM TRACTORS OR IMPLEMENTS OF
  7        HUSBANDRY AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        49-1010.  SIZE  OF  VEHICLES AND LOADS. No vehicle shall exceed the dimen-
 12    sions specified below, except that certain devices determined by the board  as
 13    necessary  for  the  safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including
 14    energy conservation devices, shall be excluded from the calculation  of  width
 15    or length.
 16        (1)  The  width  of a vehicle, including any load thereon, except as noted
 17    below, shall not exceed .......................................... 8 1/2 feet.
 18        (a)  The limitations as to size of vehicles stated in this  section  shall
 19        not  apply  to  farm tractors or to implements of husbandry, including any
 20        load thereon, or any trailer not wider than  the  implement  of  husbandry
 21        used  in  the  transportation  of implements of husbandry for agricultural
 22        operations, and including all equipment used in land leveling  operations,
 23        when being incidentally operated upon the highway from one (1) farm opera-
 24        tion to another during daylight hours.
 25        (b)  Notwithstanding the exemption from width limitation for farm tractors
 26        included  in  paragraph (a) of this subsection, the total outside width of
 27        any farm tractor being transported on the interstate system in this state,
 28        except as permitted by  section 49-1004,  Idaho  Code,  shall  not  exceed
 29        .................................................................. 9 feet.
 30        (c)  A  farm  tractor  or  implement of husbandry, when being incidentally
 31        transported upon the highway with a width in excess of the limits of para-
 32        graphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, must not  proceed  at  a  speed  in
 33        excess  of  twenty-five  (25)  miles per hour, must display one (1) red or
 34        fluorescent orange flag a minimum of twelve (12) by twelve (12) inches  on
 35        the  outermost  left  projection  of the tractor or implement being trans-
 36        ported, except that the speed restriction of twenty-five  (25)  miles  per
 37        hour  shall not apply when such tractor or implement of husbandry is being
 38        hauled on legal width highway vehicles equipped as required by law.
 39        (2)  The height of a vehicle, including the load thereon, shall not exceed
 40    ..................................................................... 14 feet.
 41        (3)  The length of a vehicle, or  vehicle  combination,  except  as  noted
 42    below shall not exceed:
 43        (a)  When a single motor vehicle ................................ 45 feet.
                                                                        
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  1        (b)  When a trailer or semitrailer, except as noted below ....... 48 feet.
  2             1.  Semitrailers  operating on routes determined by the board to have
  3             severe curvature, deficient width  and/or  heavy  traffic  conditions
  4             shall  be  limited to an overall combination length  not  to   exceed
  5             ............................................................ 65 feet.
  6             2.  The length of a trailer tongue, or the length of the tongue of  a
  7             converter   gear used to convert a semitrailer to a trailer, shall be
  8             excluded from the calculation of a trailer length.
  9             3.  Semitrailers operating on routes which are a part of the national
 10             network as set forth in the Code of Federal  Regulations,  Title  23,
 11             Part 23 CFR 658, on routes providing access between the national net-
 12             work  and  terminals  and facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest
 13             which are located within one (1) road mile of  the  national  network
 14             and  state highways as set forth by policy and approved by the trans-
 15             portation board shall not exceed a length of ..................... 53
 16             feet.
 17        (c)  When a motor vehicle and one (1) or more trailers, except as noted in
 18        subsections (3)(b), (3)(d) and (3)(e) of this section ........... 75 feet.
 19        (d)  When a combination of semitrailer and trailer, or of  two  (2)  semi-
 20        trailers  the  length in such combination, including the connecting tongue
 21        and excluding the truck tractor except as noted below ........... 61 feet.
 22             When the combination of semitrailer and trailer or of two  (2)  semi-
 23        trailers including the connecting tongues exceeds sixty-one (61) feet, the
 24        length of such combination including the truck tractor .......... 75 feet.
 25        (e)  When  a combination of a semitrailer and trailer, or of two (2) semi-
 26        trailers operating on routes on the national network as set forth  in  the
 27        Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, Part 23 CFR 658, and on routes pro-
 28        viding  access  between  the national network and terminals and facilities
 29        for food, fuel, repairs and rest which are located  within  one  (1)  road
 30        mile  of the national network, the length, including the connecting tongue
 31        and excluding the truck tractor, shall not exceed ............... 68 feet.
 32        (f)  When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, stinger-steered by  having
 33        the  kingpin located five (5) feet to the rear of the centroid of the rear
 34        axle(s) ......................................................... 75 feet.
 35        (g)  When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, not meeting  the  stinger-
 36        steer requirement as defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section  .... 65
 37        feet.
 38        (h)  When  an   auto  transporter  or  boat  transporter,  stinger-steered
 39        as  defined  in subsection (3)(f)  of this section,  excluding  front  and
 40        rear overhang  of   load ........................................ 75 feet.
 41        (i)  When an  auto  transporter  or  boat  transporter,  not  meeting  the
 42        stinger-steer requirement as defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section,
 43        excluding front and rear overhang of load ....................... 65 feet.
 44        (j)  When  a truck tractor with stinger-steered pole trailer or log dolly,
 45        connected by a reach or pole, or a combination used for transporting  long
 46        loads  such  as poles, pipes, logs or structural members generally capable
 47        of sustaining themselves as beams between supporting bunks or  connections
 48        ................................................................. 75 feet.
 49        (4)  The overhang or extension of a load shall not extend:
 50        (a)  Beyond the front of a vehicle, more than .................... 4 feet.
 51        (b)  Beyond the last axle, more than ............................ 15 feet.
 52        (c)  Beyond the left fender of a passenger vehicle, more than .... 0 feet.
 53        (d)  Beyond  the  right  fender   of  a   passenger   vehicle,  more  than
 54        ........................................................................ 6
 55        inches.
                                                                        
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  1        (e)  To  the front and rear combined of an auto transporter or boat trans-
  2        porter, more than ...................................................... 7
  3        feet.
  4        (5)  Noncargo-carrying devices necessary for the safe and efficient opera-
  5    tion of the vehicle, as determined by the board, shall not be included in mea-
  6    surement for length.
  7        (6)  No combination shall include more than three (3) units except when  a
  8    saddlemount combination ............................................. 75 feet.
  9        (7)  Vehicle  combinations  consisting  of  not more than four (4) vehicle
 10    units with an overall length in excess of the limits of subsection (3) of this
 11    section and with an overall combination length not to exceed one  hundred  and
 12    five (105) feet, may be operated by permit on routes designated for such oper-
 13    ations by the public highway agency having jurisdiction over that highway sys-
 14    tem.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12534

This legislation clarifies that trailers used for hauling
agricultural implements are exempt from the 8« foot width
limitation included in Idaho Statute 49-1010.  Modern implements
of husbandry like swathers are often up to 15 foot wide and it is
the intent of this legislation to exempt all trailers that are
used exclusively to haul such implements for agricultural
operations.
Part C of this proposal is to remove the 25 mph limit on tractors
or implements being transported on highways but requiring that
such tractors or implements display a red or orange flag a
minimum of twelve (12) by twelve (12) inches on the outermost
left projection of the tractor or implement.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation should have no fiscal impact.


Contact
Name: Rep. Ridinger 
Phone: 332-1000
Dr. Greg Nelson
392-2688


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        H 138