HB742: Farm vehicles; distance limit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 46.2-665 and 46.2-666 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-665. Vehicles used for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
A. No person shall be required to obtain the registration certificate, license plates and decals, or pay a registration fee for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes on lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner.
B. This exemption shall only apply to pickup trucks, panel trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500 pounds, and trailers and semitrailers that are not operated on or over any public highway in this Commonwealth for any purpose other than:
1. Crossing a highway;
2. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than thirty 30
miles from one part of the owner's land to another,
irrespective of whether the tracts adjoin;
3. Taking the vehicle or attached fixtures to and from a repair shop for repairs;
4. Taking another vehicle exempt from registration under any provision of §§ 46.2-664 through 46.2-668 or § 46.2-672, or any part or subcomponent of such a vehicle, to or from a repair shop for repairs, including return trips;
5. Operating along a highway to and from a refuse disposal facility for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage generated on a farm; or
6. Operating along a highway for a distance of no more than thirty 200 miles for the purpose of
obtaining supplies for agricultural or horticultural purposes, seeds,
fertilizers, chemicals, or animal feed and returning.
§ 46.2-666. Vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and livestock.
No person shall be required to obtain the registration
certificate, license plates and decals, or pay a registration fee prescribed
for any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer owned by the owner or lessee of
a farm and used by him on a seasonal basis in transporting farm produce and
livestock along public highways for a distance of no more than thirty 200 miles or the distance to
the nearest storage house, packing plant, or market, but in no event more than fifty 300 miles. The provisions of
this section shall only apply to pickup trucks, panel trucks, sport utility
vehicles, and vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 7,500
pounds, and trailers and semitrailers.