§ 11-159. Special mobile equipment  


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  •    (a) In general. -- "Special mobile equipment" means, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a vehicle that:

       (1) Is not used primarily for highway transportation of people or property; and

       (2) Is operated or moved on a highway only as an incident to its nonhighway use.

    (b) Road construction or maintenance machines, etc. -- "Special mobile equipment" includes a road construction or maintenance machine, mobile crane, ditchdigger, well driller, concrete mixer, jobsite office vehicle, or portable power generator.

    (c) Farm tractor or equipment. -- "Special mobile equipment" does not include a farm tractor or any farm equipment.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66 1/2, § 1-187; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1988, ch. 604.