Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3037 Primary Sponsor:Townsend Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Well drilling or boring rig vehicles, permit requirements Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:DKA/4046AL.93 Introduced Date:19930112 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930112 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Townsend P. Harris Stille Tucker Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3037 House 19930112 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-4020, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS OF CERTAIN VEHICLES TO PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO INCLUDE IN THE EXEMPTIONS WELL DRILLING OR BORING RIGS OR VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4020 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-4020. Except as provided in subsection (2) of Section 56-5-4140(2), the provisions of this article governing size, weight, and load do not apply to fire apparatus, road machinery or implements, and products of husbandry, including farm tractors, timber equipment, liquid fertilizer storage facilities, and vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport, store, or spread lime, nitrogen, or other soil improvement products for agricultural purposes, well drilling or boring rigs, and vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport equipment used in drilling wells moved upon the highways so as not to damage the highways nor unduly interfere with highway traffic, or to vehicles operated under terms of special permits issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such exemptions do not apply to the provisions of Section 56-5-4230. With regard to vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport, store, or spread soil improvement products and to transport products of husbandry exempted pursuant to this section, the owners must obtain an annual permit to operate the vehicle as provided for in Section 56-5-4170 which prescribes the specific conditions of the exemption.
For purposes of this section, `timber equipment' means implements of silviculture including, but not limited to, machinery used in establishing, tending, harvesting, and protecting forest crops such as tree shears, chippers, slashers, log loaders, skidders, and fellers.
None of the vehicles or devices exempted by this section may exceed twelve feet in width and they may be moved only in clear weather conditions during daylight hours."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.