FARM EQUIPMENT PERMIT EXEMPTIONS - H.B. 4464: FLOOR ANALYSIS


House Bill 4464 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Representative Michael Green

House Committee: Agriculture and Resource Management

Senate Committee: Farming, Agribusiness and Food Systems


CONTENT


The bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to permit a person to operate or move on a highway an implement of husbandry of any width as required, designed, and intended for farming operations, including the movement of implements of husbandry being driven or towed and not hauled on a trailer, without obtaining a special permit for an excessively wide vehicle or load, as required under the Code for nonconforming vehicles.


Currently, a person may operate or move an implement of husbandry of any width as required for normal farming operations without obtaining a special permit for an excessively wide vehicle or load.


MCL 257.717 - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim


FISCAL IMPACT


The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.


Date Completed: 5-24-99 - Fiscal Analyst: P. AlderferFloor\hb4464 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.