Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 169

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 198

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.

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

Section 1. Amend Subsection 4503(b)(1), Chapter 45, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by inserting "6 inches" after "width of 8 feet" and before the period (.) as they appear therein.

Section 2. Amend subsection 4503, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by adding a new paragraph thereto as follows:

"(d) The Secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation may, on the basis of engineering and/or traffic investigations, determine that any road, street, or highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation is not of sufficient width to accommodate vehicles otherwise permitted by this section and may thereafter prohibit vehicles of an otherwise permissible width from operation on such road, street or highway."

Section 3. Amend subsection 4504(c)(2)e., Title 21 of the Delaware Code by striking it in its entirety.

Section 4. Amend subsection 4504(c)(2)f., Title 21 of the Delaware Code by striking the words "or e." in the first sentence of said subsection.

Section 5. Amend subsection 4504(c)(2)g., Title 21 of the Delaware Code by striking the reference to "a., b., c., d. or e." and inserting in lieu thereof, "a., b., c. or d.".

Section 6. Amend subsections 4504(c)(2)f, and 4504(e)(2)g. by redesignating them as subsections 4504(c)(2)e. and 4504(c)(2)f. respectively.

Approved July 7, 1995