Farm use vehicles, certain; registration exemption, highway distance limitations.
Summary
Increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable for travel to obtain supplies or from one part of the owner's land to another by a vehicle used for agricultural or horticultural purposes in order to qualify for exemption from the requirements to obtain a registration certificate, license plates, or decals and pay a registration fee. The bill also increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable by vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and from 20 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable for vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport wood products in order to qualify for such exemption. The bill also provides that any law-enforcement officer may require any person operating a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and claiming the farm use exemption to provide, upon request, the address of the farm or lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner or, if such address is unavailable or unknown, the real property parcel identification number of such lands.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017
Signed Mar 16, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Mar 16, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 1-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2239H1
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104880D-H1
legislature
Jan 17, 2017
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101982D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Fariss
RRepublican
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