Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 281

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 349

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 45, TITLE 21 DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND SIZES OF SPECIFIC FARM EQUIPMENT AND FIRE APPARATUS.

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

Section 1. Amend Section 4502, Chapter 45, Title 21 of the Delaware code by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(e) The provisions of this Section do not apply to the following vehicles when such vehicles are being operated on interstate highways and United States numbered routes; provided, however, that the liability for damages caused by any vehicle operated under this provision shall be borne by the owner of said vehicle:

Fire apparatus owned or used by an organized fire company.

Farm equipment being temporarily operated, moved or transported on a highway. This provision only applies to farmers engaged in their
agricultural related practices."

Approved June 30, 1992.