Bill Text: OR SB535 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to rearview mirrors.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Effective date, January 1, 2014. [SB535 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB535-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 535
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to rearview mirrors; creating new provisions; and
amending ORS 818.100.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 818.100 is amended to read:
818.100. This section establishes exemptions from the maximum
size limitations under ORS 818.080 and 818.090. The exemptions
under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS
801.026. Operation in accordance with one of the exemptions
described is not subject to ORS 818.090. Exemptions are partial
or complete as described in the following:
(1) The maximum size limits do not apply on any way,
thoroughfare or place owned by a district formed under ORS
chapters 545, 547, 551 or a corporation formed under ORS chapter
554.
(2) The maximum size limits do not apply on any road or
thoroughfare or property in private ownership or any road or
thoroughfare, other than a state highway or county road, used
pursuant to any agreement with any agency of the United States or
with a licensee of such agency or both.
(3) The maximum size limits do not apply to any vehicle,
combination of vehicles, article, machine or other equipment
while being used by the federal government, the State of Oregon
or any county or incorporated city in the construction,
maintenance or repair of public highways and at the immediate
location or site of such construction, maintenance or repair.
(4) The maximum size limits do not apply to vehicles while
being used on the roads of a road authority by mass transit
districts for the purposes authorized under ORS 267.010 to
267.390, provided the size of the vehicles is approved by the
road authority for the roads.
(5) Size limits are not applicable in any place and to the
extent size limits are modified by a road authority under ORS
810.060. The exemption under this subsection is subject to the
limitations imposed by the road authority exercising the powers
granted under ORS 810.060.
(6) Operations authorized to exceed size limits by a variance
permit issued under ORS 818.200 are subject to the terms of the
permit. It shall be a defense to any charge of violation of ORS
818.090 if the person so charged produces a variance permit
issued under ORS 818.200 authorizing the operation of the vehicle
or combination of vehicles issued prior to and valid at the time
of the offense.
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(7) Pneumatic tires made of elastic material, flexible mud
flaps, flexible fenders, safety accessories such as clearance
lights, rub rails and binder chains, and appurtenances such as
door handles, door hinges and turning signal brackets may exceed
the maximum allowable width described in Table I of ORS 818.080
by a distance not greater than two inches on each side of the
vehicle.
(8) Rearview mirrors may exceed the maximum allowable width
described in Table I of ORS 818.080 { - by a distance of not
greater than five inches on each side of the vehicle - } .
(9) Notwithstanding the maximum allowable length of vehicles
and loads on vehicles under Table I of ORS 818.080, public
utilities, telecommunications utilities, people's utilities
districts and cooperative rural electrification districts or
common or contract carriers when acting as agent for or on direct
orders of such a utility or district, for the purpose of
transporting and hauling poles, piling or structures used or to
be used in connection with their business, may use and operate
upon any highway of this state any combination of vehicles having
an overall length including load the total length of which is not
in excess of 80 feet unless an emergency exists.
(10) The load on a semitrailer may exceed the maximum length
established under ORS 818.080 providing the load does not:
(a) Extend beyond the rear of the semitrailer by more than five
feet;
(b) Extend forward of the rear of the cab of the towing
vehicle; or
(c) Exceed an overall length permitted by a rule, resolution or
ordinance adopted under ORS 810.060.
(11) The load upon a truck tractor and pole trailer may exceed
the maximum length established under ORS 818.080 if the overall
length does not exceed that authorized by a rule, resolution or
ordinance adopted under ORS 810.060.
(12) None of the size limits described under ORS 818.080 except
the maximum limit of allowable extension beyond the last axle of
a combination of vehicles under Table II apply to implements of
husbandry hauled, towed or moved upon any highway not a part of
the Federal Interstate Highway System if the movement is
incidental to a farming operation and the owner of the implement
of husbandry is engaged in farming or if the owner is hired by or
under contract to a farmer to perform agricultural activities.
(13) The rear overhang of a combination of vehicles described
in this subsection may extend more than one-third but not more
than one-half the length of the wheelbase of the combination of
vehicles. This subsection is applicable to any combination of
vehicles consisting of a motor vehicle towing any of the
following:
(a) A travel trailer.
(b) Any trailer designed to carry a single nonmotorized
aircraft.
(14) The rear overhang of a combination consisting of a motor
vehicle towing a manufactured structure may exceed one-third, but
may not exceed one-half, the length of the wheelbase of the
combined vehicle and structure.
(15) A recreational vehicle may exceed the maximum width
established under ORS 818.080 if the excess width is attributable
to an appurtenance that does not extend beyond the body of the
vehicle by more than four inches, or if a passenger-side awning,
by more than six inches. As used in this subsection, '
appurtenance' means an appendage that is installed by a factory
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or a vehicle dealer and is intended as an integral part of the
recreational vehicle. 'Appurtenance' does not include an item
temporarily affixed or attached to the exterior of a vehicle for
the purpose of transporting the item from one location to
another. ' Appurtenance' does not include an item that obstructs
the driver's rearward vision.
(16)(a) A recreational vehicle may exceed the maximum length
established under ORS 818.080 if the vehicle is not more than 45
feet long.
(b) A combination that includes a recreational vehicle that is
not more than 45 feet long, when operating on Group 1 or Group 2
highways as designated by the Department of Transportation, may
exceed the maximum length for vehicles in a combination
established under ORS 818.080 if the combination is not more than
65 feet long.
(17) A motor vehicle transporter may exceed the maximum lengths
established in ORS 818.080 for a single vehicle, a vehicle in a
combination of vehicles and a load if the length of the single
vehicle, vehicle in a combination or load does not exceed 45
feet.
(18) A motor vehicle transporter towing another vehicle, when
operating on a Group 1 or Group 2 highway as designated by the
department, may exceed the maximum length established in ORS
818.080 for a combination of vehicles if the overall length does
not exceed 65 feet.
(19) A school bus or school activity vehicle may exceed the
maximum length established under ORS 818.080 if the vehicle is
not more than 45 feet long.
SECTION 2. { + The amendments to ORS 818.100 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to violations occurring on or after the
effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
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Passed by Senate March 21, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 13, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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