HB0164 • 2018

Overweight vehicles-agriculture exemption.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; exempting agricultural vehicles from specified motor vehicle requirements; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Agriculture

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Greear
Last action: 2018-03-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2018-03-12 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0012
2018-03-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 32
2018-03-07 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0012
2018-03-07 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0012
2018-03-06 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0012
2018-03-06 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2018-03-05 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-03-02 Senate
S COW:Passed
2018-03-01 Senate
S Placed on General File
2018-03-01 Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2018-02-27 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2018-02-27 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2018-02-27 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0
2018-02-23 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2018-02-22 House
H COW:Passed
2018-02-21 House
H Placed on General File
2018-02-21 House
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2018-02-15 House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 57-2-1-0-0
2018-02-14 House
H Received for Introduction
2018-02-13 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0164
Effective
:
Multiple
d
ates

LSO No.:
18LSO-0505

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0012

Chapter No.:
32

Prime Sponsor:
Greear

Catch Title:
Overweight vehicles-agriculture exemption.

Subject:
Removing the vehicle weight limit for agricultural vehicles.

Summary/Major Elements:

Previously the
law exempt
ed
farmers, ranchers and their employees from certain commercial driver's license requirements under Title 31, Chapter 18 of Wyoming Statutes when operating a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight up to 80,000 pounds
. The exemption applied when
transporting produce or commodities for their own use to and from their farm or ranch or when exchanging
produce or commodities
between farmers or ranchers, or their employees, in the immediate community
. This bill removes
entirely
the vehicle weight limit.

Comments:

Th
is
bill h
as a
split effective d
ate.
The portion of th
is
bill requiring rules by the Department of Transportation is effective immediately to allow the rules to be promulgated by July 1, 2018. The remainder of th
is
bill is effective July 1, 2018.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0164

ENROLLED ACT NO. 12,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; exempting agricultural vehicles from specified motor vehicle requirements; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 31
‑
18
‑
103(a)(iv) and (v)
is
amended to read:

31
‑
18
‑
103
.

Exemptions.

(a)

The provisions contained in W.S. 31
‑
18
‑
104, 31
‑
18
‑
209, 31
‑
18
‑
301 and 31
‑
18
‑
304 do not apply to:

(iv)

Intrastate transportation on his own motor vehicle or combination of vehicles
having a gross vehicle weight of less than eighty thousand (80,000) pounds
by any farmer or rancher, or the employee of a farmer or rancher exclusively in his service, transporting produce or commodities for his own use to and from his farm or ranch;

(v)

The exchange of intrastate transportation in their own motor vehicles, or combination of vehicles
having a gross vehicle weight of less than eighty thousand (80,000) pounds
by farmers or ranchers, or the employees of farmers or ranchers exclusively in their service, when the exchange is between farmers or ranchers, or their employees, in the immediate community;

Section

2
.

On or before July 1, 2018, the department of transportation shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this act.

Section
3
.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2018.

(b)

Section 2 of this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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