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A204
ASSEMBLY, No. 204
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Inganamort and Peterson
SYNOPSIS
���� Allows utility task vehicles used for farm operation
to travel on public roadways.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning certain utility task vehicles and amending
R.S.39:3-24.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� R.S.39:3-24 is amended to
read as follows:
���� 39:3-24.� (a) The chief
administrator shall register farm tractors and traction equipment used for farm
operation to travel upon the public highways. The fee for registration shall be
$5 per annum, whether the registration is issued for the yearly period or only
a portion thereof.� Traction equipment or farm tractors may draw farm machinery
and implements while in transit from one farm to another without additional
registration therefor.
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The chief administrator
shall register utility task vehicles, not for hire, used exclusively for farm
operation to travel upon the public highways.� The fee for registration shall
be $5 per annum, whether the registration is issued for the yearly period or
only a portion thereof.
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���� (b)� The chief administrator
may register motor vehicles, not for hire, used exclusively as farm machinery
or farm implements, to travel upon the public highways, from one farm, or
portion thereof, to another farm, or portion thereof, both owned or managed by
the registered owner of the vehicle or vehicles.� The fee for registration
shall be $5 per annum, whether the registration is issued for a yearly period
or only a portion thereof.� Any vehicle registered and any truck, van, sport
utility vehicle, or similar vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of
R.S.39:3-25 may draw not more than one vehicle used exclusively on the farm and
a vehicle so drawn need not be registered.� A vehicle registered pursuant to
this section or R.S.39:3-25 may be used under contract with a municipality to
remove snow upon a public highway.
���� (c)�� No vehicle registered
pursuant to this section shall be operated on a public highway at any time from
sunset to sunrise, except a vehicle being operated under contract with a
municipality to remove snow or a vehicle equipped with proper safety lighting during
the three hours before sunrise and the three hours after sunset.� Every vehicle
registered pursuant to this section, when operated on a public highway, shall
have means adequate to control the movement of, to stop, and to hold the
vehicle on any up or down grade and shall be operated in accordance with
uniform rules and regulations prescribed by the chief administrator.� The rules
and regulations shall specify the coverings that may be used on the wheels of
vehicles registered pursuant to this section; the days, hours, and conditions
under which vehicles registered pursuant to this section can be operated; the
circumstance under which escort vehicles shall be required; the distance that
may be traveled upon the public highways, which shall not be less than 50
miles; and vehicle equipment or other requirements or restrictions as may be
necessary to protect the safety of the users of the public highways.
���� Motor vehicles, not for hire,
which are used exclusively as farm tractors, traction equipment, farm
machinery, or farm implements which cannot be operated at a speed in excess of
35 miles per hour shall not be required to be registered under this section.
���� (d)� A slow moving vehicle
emblem shall be affixed, in the manner prescribed by the chief administrator
pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2015, c.292 (C.39:3-24.2), to the rear of any
motor vehicle, not for hire, used exclusively as a farm tractor, traction
equipment, farm machinery, or farm implement, and any farm tractor, traction
equipment, farm machinery, or farm implement drawn by a motor vehicle when
operated on the roadways of this State.� A motor vehicle, not for hire, used
exclusively as a farm tractor, traction equipment, farm machinery, or farm
implement or any farm tractor, traction equipment, farm machinery, or farm
implement drawn by a motor vehicle shall not be operated on the roadways of
this State unless a slow moving vehicle emblem is displayed in the manner
prescribed by the chief administrator pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2015, c.292
(C.39:3-24.2).
���� (e)�� As used in this section
[
, the term
]
:
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[
sport
]
Sport
utility vehicle" means any vehicle that is designed to be used both on and
off roadways and is equipped with available all wheel drive and raised ground
clearance.
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�Utility task vehicle�
means any motorized utility or off-road vehicle with four wheels designed with
seating for the operator and one or more passengers, side�by-side, and a
steering wheel for steering control.
(cf: P.L.2015, c.292, s.1)
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill allows farmers to
register a utility task vehicle used for farm operation with the New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Commission and to operate a utility task vehicles on public
highways.� Under current law, utility task vehicles are prohibited from operating
on a public highway at any time from sunset to sunrise, with certain
exceptions.� Utility task vehicles are required to operate in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey
Motor Vehicle Commission.
���� As defined in this bill, the
term �utility task vehicle� means any motorized utility or off-road vehicle
with four wheels designed with seating for the operator and one or more
passengers, side�by-side, and a steering wheel for steering control.