Session of 2000
Effective: March 30, 2000
Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2642
An Act regulating traffic; concerning the maximum length of
certain vehicles;
amending K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1904 and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1904
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-1904. (a) No vehicle including any load thereon shall
exceed a
height of 14 feet, except that a vehicle transporting cylindrically
shaped
bales of hay as authorized by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1902, and
amend-
ments thereto, may be loaded with such bales secured to a height
not
exceeding 141/2 feet. Should a vehicle so loaded with bales strike
any
overpass or other obstacle, the operator of the vehicle shall be
liable for
all damages resulting therefrom. The secretary of transportation
may
adopt rules and regulations for the movement of such loads of
cylindrically
shaped bales of hay.
(b) No motor vehicle including the load
thereon shall exceed a length
of 421/2 45 feet extreme overall dimension,
inclusive of excluding the front
and rear bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in
K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and
amendments thereto, and subsections (d), (e), (f) and (g),
no combination
of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65
feet.
(d) The length limitations in subsection
(b) shall not apply to a truck
tractor. No semitrailer which is being operated in combination with
a
truck tractor shall exceed 591/2 feet in length. No semitrailer or
trailer
which is being operated in a combination consisting of a truck
tractor,
semitrailer and trailer shall exceed 281/2 feet in length.
(e) The limitations in this section
governing maximum length of a
semitrailer or trailer shall not apply to vehicles operating in the
daytime
when transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a
structural
nature which cannot readily be dismembered, except that it shall be
un-
lawful to operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles which
ex-
ceeds a total length of 85 feet unless a special permit for such
operation
has been issued by the secretary of transportation or by an agent
or des-
ignee of the secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments
thereto. For the purpose of authorizing the issuance of such
special per-
mits at motor carrier inspection stations, the secretary of
transportation
may contract with the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol
for
such purpose, and in such event, the superintendent or any designee
of
the superintendent may issue such special permit pursuant to the
terms
and conditions of the contract. The limitations in this section
shall not
apply to vehicles transporting such objects operated at nighttime
by a
public utility when required for emergency repair of public service
facil-
ities or properties or when operated under special permit as
provided in
K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, but in respect to such
night
transportation every such vehicle and the load thereon shall be
equipped
with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides and
marker
lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly mark
the
dimensions of such load.
(f) The limitations of this section
governing the maximum length of
combinations of vehicles shall not apply to a combination of
vehicles con-
sisting of a truck tractor towing a house trailer, if such
combination of
vehicles does not exceed an overall length of 97 feet.
(g) The length limitations of this
section shall not apply to stinger-
steered automobile or boat transporters, drive-away saddlemount
vehicle
transport combinations or one truck and one trailer vehicle
combination,
loaded or unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged
in
farm custom harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of
K.S.A.
8-143j, and amendments thereto. A stinger-steered automobile or
boat
transporter, drive-away saddlemount vehicle transport combination
or
one truck and one trailer vehicle combination, loaded or unloaded,
used
in transporting a combine to be engaged in farm custom harvesting
op-
erations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-143j, and
amendments
thereto, shall not exceed an overall length limit of 75 feet,
exclusive of
front and rear overhang.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp.
8-1904 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.