HOUSE BILL 446

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Donald E. Bratton







AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION TO WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES TRANSPORTING SEED COTTON MODULES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-7-413.5 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:

"66-7-413.5. [NEW MATERIAL] EXEMPTION--VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT SEED COTTON MODULES--LIMITATIONS.--

A. A seed cotton module transport vehicle may transport loads without securing a permit or escort if:

(1) the vehicle is:

(a) no wider than nine feet;

(b) no longer than forty-eight feet; and

(c) no higher than fourteen feet six inches;

(2) the load is not transported for a distance greater than seventy-five miles;

(3) the gross vehicle weight of the vehicle is less than fifty-nine thousand four hundred pounds; and

(4) the vehicle is not operated on highways for which a more strict size or weight limitation is required by federal law.

B. As used in this section, "seed cotton module transport vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer or combination of motor vehicle with trailer used exclusively to transport a seed cotton module."

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