This Amendment to Senate Bill No.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify the effective date of this amendment.

Amendment Exempting Farm Tractors and Vehicles

This amendment changes Senate Bill No. 233 to remove rules for farm tractors, specific farm vehicles, and drivers on roads with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or less.

What This Bill Does

• Removes requirements of the Act for people driving on roadways with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or less.
• Exempts farm tractors from the requirements of the Act based on definitions in Title 21, Section 101.
• Exempts vehicles registered as farm vehicles that are exempt from inspection under Title 21, Section 2113.
• Clarifies that farm trucks, semitrailers, and trailers do not qualify for these exemptions.

Who It Names or Affects

• Drivers operating on roadways with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or less
• Operators of motor vehicles used primarily as farm implements like plows or mowers
• Owners of vehicles registered specifically as exempt farm vehicles

Terms To Know

Farm tractor

A motor vehicle designed and used mainly to pull farming tools such as plows or mowing machines.

Farm vehicle

A vehicle registered under state law that does not need a safety inspection.

Limits and Unknowns

• The text does not explain what the original requirements of Senate Bill No. 233 were before this change.
• Farm trucks, semitrailers, and trailers are explicitly excluded from these exemptions even if used on farms.

Official Summary Text

This Amendment to Senate Bill No. 233 exempts farm tractors and farm vehicles from the requirements of the Act. “Farm tractor,” in this context, has the same definition as that term is defined in § 101 of Title 21 and includes motor vehicles designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry. “Farm vehicle” means a vehicle registered as a farm vehicle exempt from inspection pursuant to § 2113 of Title 21. “Farm tractor” and “farm vehicle” do not include vehicles that are registered as farm trucks, semitrailers, or trailers pursuant to § 2113 of Title 21; such vehicles are not exempt from the requirements of the Act.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Sen. Townsend

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 233

AMEND Senate Bill No. 233 by deleting lines 21 through 22 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“

(g) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A person operating a vehicle on a roadway with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less.

(2) A farm tractor, as defined in § 101 of this title.

(3) A vehicle that is registered as a farm vehicle exempt from inspection pursuant to § 2113 of this title.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment to Senate Bill No. 233 exempts farm tractors and farm vehicles from the requirements of the Act. “Farm tractor,” in this context, has the same definition as that term is defined in § 101 of Title 21 and includes motor vehicles designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry. “Farm vehicle” means a vehicle registered as a farm vehicle exempt from inspection pursuant to § 2113 of Title 21. “Farm tractor” and “farm vehicle” do not include vehicles that are registered as farm trucks, semitrailers, or trailers pursuant to § 2113 of Title 21; such vehicles are not exempt from the requirements of the Act.

Author: Senator Townsend