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SB 892 Commercial fishermen; not required to obtain registration certificate, etc., for certain vehicles.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Department of Motor Vehicles; vehicles used by commercial fishermen. Provides that a commercial fisherman may transport boats or other equipment or harvested seafood up to 50 miles without having the vehicle registered. Currently the exemption applies only if the distance is no more than 30 miles.  

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Motor Vehicles; vehicles used by commercial fishermen. Provides that a commercial fisherman who(i)transports boats or other equipment used in commercial fishing no more than100 miles between his place of residence or business and the seashore and waters or (ii) uses any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to transport harvested seafood no more than 100 miles between the place where the seafood is first brought ashore and his place of business or point of first sale shall not be required to obtain a registration certificate, license plates, and decals or pay a registration fee for such vehicles. Currently the exemption applies only if the distance from the shore to the place of business or point of first sale is no more than 30 miles. The bill clarifies that the exemption applies to the commercial fisherman's boat trailer.