SPONSOR:   

Rep. Q. Johnson & Sen. Bunting & Sen. Venables

 

Reps. Atkins, Bennett, Brady, Briggs King, Carson, Hocker, Kenton, Lee, Outten, B. Short, Walker, Wilson; Sens. Booth, Ennis, Hall-Long

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 188

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VEHICLES. 

 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

 


Section 1.  Amend § 4506, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following additional sentence to read as follows:

“All farm vehicles and trucks are exempted from this subsection while engaged in farming operations.”.


SYNOPSIS

This Bill exempts farm vehicles and trucks traveling to and from a farm, while performing farm operations, from temporary seizure requiring the vehicle to be driven to scales and being subject to forced load discharge at the direction of a police officer.