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HOUSE BILL NO. 507 – Hwys, slow moving vehicles, operatn

HOUSE BILL NO. 507

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H0507.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
HIGHWAYS - SLOW MOVING VEHICLES - Amends existing law to update and clarify
the operation of slow moving vehicles on public highways.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 507
                                                                        
                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SLOW MOVING VEHICLES; AMENDING  SECTION  49-619,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        CLARIFY OPERATION OF SLOW MOVING VEHICLES ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
                                                                        
  4    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  5        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-619, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  6    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  7        49-619.  SLOW MOVING VEHICLES -- RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, EQUIPMENT --
  8    EMBLEMS ON CERTAIN MACHINERY -- LIMITED EXEMPTION. (1)  Except  for  emergency
  9    and  snow  removal  vehicles  owned and operated by the state or its political
 10    subdivisions when enroute to, from, or in the performance of activities essen-
 11    tial to the public safety, and implements of husbandry, except  on  interstate
 12    highways, equipped with lights as required by section 49-916, Idaho Code, when
 13    being  moved  from  one  (1) farm operation to another, and implements of hus-
 14    bandry when operating from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour  before
 15    sunrise  shall  have  flashing  lamps visible from a distance of not less than
 16    five hundred (500) feet to the rear, iIt shall be unlawful to operate  a  slow
 17    moving  vehicle on the highways at the following times and under the following
 18    circumstances:
 19        (a)  From a half hour after sunset to a half hour before  sunrise,  unless
 20        the  vehicle  or  equipment is equipped with lights as required by section
 21        49-916, Idaho Code;
 22        (b)  At a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour,  unless  the
 23        vehicle  or  equipment is designed to safely travel at speeds in excess of
 24        twenty-five (25) miles per hour, but no such vehicle  or  equipment  shall
 25        exceed the posted maximum speed limit;
 26        (c)  In  such  a manner as to obstruct the free movement of traffic on the
 27        highways.
 28        (2)  A slow moving vehicle shall be equipped with  a  foot  brake  braking
 29    system  and with a mechanical signaling device as required for other similarly
 30    constructed vehicles.
 31        (3)  All slow moving vehicles, farm tractors, road rollers and  implements
 32    of husbandry shall have affixed at the rear of the vehicle an emblem identify-
 33    ing  them  as slow moving equipment. The Idaho traffic safety commission shall
 34    recommend to the board the minimum standards for the emblem.
 35        (4)  Emergency and snow removal vehicles owned and operated by  the  state
 36    or its political subdivisions when en route to, from, or in the performance of
 37    activities essential to the public safety, shall be exempt from the provisions
 38    of paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) of this section.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 13669

This legislation will clarify Idaho Code 49-619. This legislation
will allow newer, more modern agriculture equipment to travel at
speeds faster than 25 mph, if they are so designed. However in no
case shall these vehicles be allowed to exceed the maximum posted
speed limit.




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          Name:  Rep. Ken Roberts
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 507