Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 223

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 129

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OVERWEIGHT FARM EQUIPMENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Amend Section 4501, Chapter 45, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

(h)  The provisions of § 4502 of this title do not apply to the following vehicles; provided, however, that the liability for damages caused by any vehicle operated under this provision shall be borne by the owner of said vehicle:

(1)  Fire apparatus owned or used by an organized fire company.

(2)  Farm equipment being temporarily operated, moved, or transported on a highway, which shall include farm tractors and other implements of husbandry being temporarily moved or transported by a manufacturer, dealer, business, or commercial transport company.

(3)  A vehicle being towed with 1 set of axles free of the roadway surface.

Approved April 17, 2018