Bill Text: NJ A4414 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires slow moving vehicle emblems to be affixed to rear of farm vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-11-18 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A4414 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4414-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Requires slow moving vehicle emblems to be affixed to rear of farm vehicles.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning farm vehicles, and amending and supplementing R.S.39:3-24.
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 [director] chief administrator shall register farm tractors and traction equipment used for farm operation to travel upon the public highways. The fee for [such] registration shall be $5 per annum, whether the registration is issued for the yearly period or only a portion thereof. [Such traction] Traction equipment or farm tractors may draw farm machinery and implements while in transit from one farm to another without additional registration therefor.
(b) The [director] 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 [such] registration shall be $5 per annum, whether the registration is issued for a yearly period or only a portion thereof. Any vehicle [so] registered and any truck registered pursuant to the provisions of [39:3-25 of this Title] 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 [to] 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. Every [such] vehicle registered pursuant to this section, when operated on a public highway, shall have means adequate to control the movement of [and] , to stop, and to hold [such] the vehicle on any up or down grade and shall be operated in accordance with uniform rules and regulations prescribed by the [Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles] chief administrator. [Such] The rules and regulations shall specify the coverings that may be used on the wheels of [such] vehicles registered pursuant to this section, the days, hours, and conditions under which [such] 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, and [such] 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 20 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 proscribed by the chief administrator pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), 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 proscribed by the chief administrator pursuant to section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
(cf: P.L.1996, c.119, s.1)
2. a. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall design a slow moving vehicle emblem to be affixed 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. The chief administrator may charge a fee for the emblems not to exceed the actual cost of producing and distributing the emblems. The emblems shall be displayed in a manner prescribed by the chief administrator and shall be visible to other motorists when operated on the roadways of this State
b. The chief administrator shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and within 180 days following the date of enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), including, but not limited to, the standards and specifications for the design and placement of the slow moving vehicle emblems.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the 13th month after enactment. The chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall take anticipatory acts in advance of the effective date as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a slow moving vehicle to be affixed 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 towed by a motor vehicle in a manner proscribed by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and visible to other motorists when operated on public roadways. The bill requires the chief administrator to design the slow moving vehicle emblem to be affixed to the rear of the farm vehicles and to promulgate rules and regulations with regards to the design and placement of the slow moving vehicle emblem. The chief administrator is required to adopt rules and regulations within 180 days following the date of enactment of the bill.
