63-5-9 - Applicability of chapter. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 63-5-9. Applicability of chapter.
 

The provisions of this chapter governing size, weight and load shall not apply to: 
 

(a) Fire apparatus; 

(b) Road machinery; 

(c) Vehicles operated under the terms of a special permit issued as provided in this chapter; 

(d) Any machinery or equipment used for normal farm purposes only, having a width in excess of the maximum requirements prescribed by this chapter, where such movement is performed during daylight hours, within a radius of fifty (50) miles of the point of origin thereof, and no part of such operation or movement is upon any highway designated and known as a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or accesses thereto. Such machinery or towing vehicle shall be equipped with reflector lights, front and rear, and a blinking light clearly visible from the front and rear; 

(e) Any machinery or equipment intended to be used for normal farm purposes only and being delivered by an equipment dealer to a customer, having a width in excess of the maximum requirements prescribed by this chapter, where such movement is performed during daylight hours, and no part of such operation or movement is upon any highway designated and known as a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or accesses thereto. Such machinery or any vehicle towing such equipment shall be equipped with reflector lights, front and rear, and a blinking light clearly visible from the front and rear; 

(f) Rubber-tire vehicles used for construction, warehousing, transportation of equipment or material or for other purposes not exempted under this section if such vehicles are not designed primarily for use or operation on a public road, street or highway; provided, that such vehicles shall not be operated on any public road, street or highway of this state except along and adjacent to the site where such vehicles are primarily used. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as requiring the vehicles described in this paragraph to obtain a motor vehicle license tag or a motor vehicle inspection sticker when operated on a public road, street or highway in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph; or 

(g) Rubber-tire vehicles designed or adapted to be used exclusively in the preparation and loading of chemicals or other material for aerial agricultural application to crops, where such movement is performed during daylight hours, within a radius of fifty (50) miles of the point of origin thereof, and no part of such operation or movement is upon any highway designated and known as a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8264; Laws,  1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1976, ch. 351; Laws, 1988, ch. 400; Laws, 2002, ch. 505, § 1; Laws, 2003, ch. 433, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2003.