| Chapter 354 |
| 2025 -- H 5098 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 07/01/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representatives Cotter, Chippendale, Speakman, McGaw, Donovan, Fogarty, Carson, Spears, Shanley, and Kislak |
| Date Introduced: January 22, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is |
| hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 31-3-31.4. Registration of forestry vehicles -- Use of farm plates. |
| (a) Forestry vehicles, equipped with rubber tires while being used in forestry and operated |
| on highways, shall be registered on a form furnished by the administrator of the division of motor |
| vehicles and shall be assigned a special number farm plate pursuant to the provisions of § 31-3-31 |
| with a suitable symbol or letter indicating the usage of the forestry vehicle. |
| (b) As used in this section: |
| (1) "Forest land" shall have the same meaning as defined in § 2-27-2. |
| (2) "Forest product operations" means any and all trade occupations involving the |
| harvesting, production, maintaining, and sale of forest products originating in the state including, |
| but not limited to: |
| (i) Arboriculture and logging; and |
| (ii) Kiln drying, operations of firewood, saw milling, lumber, pallets, biochar, mulch, |
| compost, biomass, wood chips, saw dust, timbers, posts, beams, shingles, and artisan tree carvings, |
| seasonal greens, and berries. |
| (3) "Forestry vehicle" means every vehicle which is designed for and used for forest |
| product operations purposes, and used by the owner of the vehicle or family member(s) or |
| employee(s) or designees of the owner, in the conduct of the owner's forestry product operations, |
| which use shall include the delivery of forest products produced by the forester but shall not include |
| commercial hire for non-forestry product operation uses including, but not limited to, hauling of |
| sand and gravel, and snow plowing, other than directly on the vehicle owner's forest land. |
| (c) This section is only applicable to forest product operations with annual revenue of no |
| greater than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000). |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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