MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representatives Moody, Simmons

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE VEHICLES HAULING CERTAIN UNPROCESSED FOREST PRODUCTS TO HAVE A TOTAL OUTSIDE LOAD WIDTH OF NOT MORE THAN 9-1/2 FEET; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 63-5-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

63-5-13. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the total outside width of any vehicle, exclusive of required safety devices, or the load thereon shall not exceed eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet.

(2) The total outside load width of any vehicle hauling unprocessed forest products on public roads, streets or highways, other than interstate highways, shall not exceed nine and one-half (9-1/2) feet if such products may not be shortened without rendering them useless for the end product for which they were cut; provided, however, the total outside vehicle width of such a vehicle, exclusive of required safety devices and the load of such vehicle, shall not exceed eight and one-half (8-1/2) feet.

(3) The total outside width of a farm tractor shall not exceed ten (10) feet, except that farm tractors shall not be operated upon the interstate highways without a special permit from the State Highway Commission.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.