SENATE BILL No. 1121

 

 

May 9, 2012, Introduced by Senators CASWELL, PROOS, BOOHER and GREEN and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending sections 21, 59, and 73 (MCL 257.21, 257.59, and

 

257.73), section 21 as amended by 1985 PA 32.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 21. "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle which is

 

either a farm tractor, a vehicle designed to be drawn by a farm

 

tractor or an animal, a vehicle which directly harvests farm

 

products, or a vehicle which directly applies fertilizer, spray, or

 

seeds to a farm field. or trailer designed or adapted for the

 

primary function of serving agricultural, horticultural, or

 

livestock operations. Implement of husbandry includes a farm

 

tractor, self-propelled application-type vehicle, farm wagon, farm

 

trailer, a vehicle or trailer adapted for lifting or carrying

 

another implement of husbandry, or any substantially similar


 

equipment used to transport products necessary for agricultural

 

production.

 

     Sec. 59. "Semi-trailer" means every vehicle with or without

 

motive power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying

 

persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so

 

constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests

 

upon or is carried by another vehicle. Semi-trailer does not

 

include any implement of husbandry.

 

     Sec. 73. "Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive

 

power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying property or

 

persons and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed

 

that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. Trailer

 

does not include any implement of husbandry.