Bill Text: VA HB2239 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Farm use vehicles, certain; registration exemption, highway distance limitations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538) [HB2239 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB2239-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§46.2-665, 46.2-666, and 46.2-670 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§46.2-665. Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner.
B. This exemption shall only apply to (i) pickup or panel trucks, (ii) sport utility vehicles, (iii) vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and (iv) trailers and semitrailers that are not operated on or over any public highway in the Commonwealth for any purpose other than:
1. Crossing a highway;
2. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than
50 75 miles from one part of the owner's land to another,
irrespective of whether the tracts adjoin;
3. Taking the vehicle or attached fixtures to and from a repair shop for repairs;
4. Taking another vehicle exempt from registration under any provision of §§46.2-664 through 46.2-668 or 46.2-672, or any part or subcomponent of such a vehicle, to or from a repair shop for repairs, including return trips;
5. Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm; or
6. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than
50 75 miles for the purpose of obtaining supplies for agricultural
or horticultural purposes, seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and
returning.
C. Any law-enforcement officer may require any person operating a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this section to provide, upon request, the address of the lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner for agricultural or horticultural purposes. If such address is unavailable or unknown, the law-enforcement officer may require such person to provide the real property parcel identification number of such lands.
§46.2-666. Vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration
certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee prescribed
for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer owned by the owner or lessee of
a farm and used by him on a seasonal basis in transporting farm produce and
livestock along public highways for a distance of no more than 50 75
miles including the distance to the nearest storage house, packing plant, or
market. The provisions of this section shall only apply to (i) pickup or panel
trucks, (ii) sport utility vehicles, (iii) vehicles having a gross vehicle
weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and (iv) trailers and semitrailers.
Any law-enforcement officer may require any person operating a vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer and claiming the exemption provided pursuant to this
section to provide, upon request, the address of the farm owned or leased by
the vehicle's owner. If such address is unavailable or unknown, the
law-enforcement officer may require such person to provide the real property
parcel identification number of such lands.
§46.2-670. Vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport certain wood products.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration
certificate, license plates, or decals for or pay a registration fee for any
motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer owned by a farm owner when the vehicle
is operated or moved along a highway for no more than twenty 75
miles between a sawmill or sawmill site and his farm to transport sawdust, wood
shavings, slab wood, and other wood wastes. The provisions of this section
shall only apply to (i) pickup or panel trucks, (ii) sport utility vehicles,
(iii) vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds,
and (iv) trailers and semitrailers. Any law-enforcement officer may require
any person operating a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and claiming the
exemption provided pursuant to this section to provide, upon request, the
address of the farm owned by the vehicle's owner. If such address is
unavailable or unknown, the law-enforcement officer may require such person to
provide the real property parcel identification number of such lands.
