§ 39-12-3 — § 39-12-3. Exemption from regulations.

Rhode Island § 39-12-3

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 39: Public Utilities and Carriers
• Ch. 39-12: Motor Carriers of Property

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§ 39-12-3. Exemption from regulations.

There shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter:

(1) Motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in the delivery of United States mail;

(2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the government of the United States;

(3) Motor vehicles owned and operated by a cooperative group and used exclusively for the transportation of the property of the cooperative group or its members;

(4) Motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of agricultural commodities or horticultural commodities or products from a farm, or farm supplies to a farm;

(5) Motor vehicles engaged in the plowing or removal of snow from the publicly used highways within this state;

(6) Motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of garbage, ashes, and debris removed from private dwellings, commercial, and industrial establishments;

(7) Motor vehicles engaged exclusively in transporting newspapers.

Legislative History

P.L. 1935, ch. 2268, art. 5, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 5, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 5, § 3; P.L. 1946, ch. 1805, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-12-34; G.L. 1956, § 39-12-3; P.L. 1958, ch. 87, § 1.