Arkansas 2023 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB120 Compare Versions

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1	1	Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
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4	4	State of Arkansas 1
5	5	94th General Assembly A Bill 2
6	6	Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 120 3
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8	8	By: Senator F. Love 5
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 7
11	11	AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REQUIRING COVERS FOR LOADS TO 8
12	12	AVOID SPILLING LOADS ON HIGHWAYS; AND FOR OTHER 9
13	13	PURPOSES. 10
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16	16	Subtitle 13
17	17	TO AMEND THE LAW REQUIRING COVERS FOR 14
18	18	LOADS TO AVOID SPILLING LOADS ON 15
19	19	HIGHWAYS. 16
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25	25	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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27	27	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 27 -35-101 is amended to read as follows: 24
28	28	27-35-101. Violations. 25
29	29	Except as provided under § 27 -35-110(d), It it is a misdemeanor for any 26
30	30	person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingl y permit to be 27
31	31	driven or moved, on any highway, any vehicle of a size or weight exceeding 28
32	32	the limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this 29
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35	35	SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 27 -35-110 is amended to read as follows: 32
36	36	27-35-110. Spilling loads on highways prohibited — Covers required for 33
37	37	loads of sand, gravel, and rock certain loads — Exceptions Penalty. 34
38	38	(a) No vehicle A person shall not be driven or moved on any highway 35
39	39	unless the operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless the motor vehicle is 36 SB120
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44	44	so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, 1
45	45	sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom from the vehicle, except 2
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47	47	(b)(1) Sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction ,; or 4
48	48	(2) water Water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway 5
49	49	in cleaning or maintaining the roadway. 6
50	50	(2) A cover or tarp: 7
51	51	(A) Is mandatory when a motor vehicle's cargo consists of 8
52	52	sand, gravel, rock, cement trash, or any other product that may be a hazard 9
53	53	to other users of the highway; and 10
54	54	(3) Shall cover the complete cargo area. 11
55	55	(c) (b) For a motor vehicle or a trailer with an open bed manufactured 12
56	56	after September 30, 2001, no sand, gravel, or rock shall be transported on 13
57	57	the paved public streets and h ighways of this state in a motor vehicle or 14
58	58	trailer with an open bed unless the open bed is securely covered with a 15
59	59	material which will prevent the load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or 16
60	60	otherwise escaping therefrom. The cover shall be securely fastened to prevent 17
61	61	the covering from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to 18
62	62	other users of the highway A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a 19
63	63	highway with a load unless the load and its covering are securely fastened to 20
64	64	prevent the load or covering from becoming loose, detached, or otherwise 21
65	65	creating a hazard to other motorists . 22
66	66	(c) A cover or tarp that completely covers the entire cargo area is 23
67	67	required when the load consists of sand, gravel, rock, cement trash, or other 24
68	68	product whose spillage may create a hazard to other motorists. 25
69	69	(d) For a motor vehicle or a trailer with an open bed manufactured on 26
70	70	or before September 30, 2001, a vehicle with an open bed transporting sand, 27
71	71	gravel, or rock is required to be covered as prescribed in subsection (c) of 28
72	72	this section unless six inches (6") of freeboard is maintained at the 29
73	73	perimeter of the load within the open bed of the vehicle or trailer carrying 30
74	74	the load. Measurements are to be taken at the perimeter of the vehicle's or 31
75	75	trailer's bed and measured from the top edge of the bed down to the sand, 32
76	76	gravel, or rock being transported The owner or operator of a motor vehicle in 33
77	77	violation of this section upon conviction shall be fined at least one hundred 34
78	78	dollars ($100) but not more than five hun dred dollars ($500). 35
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