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     32-22-42.2.   Extra weight allowance for vehicles hauling from point of harvest--Maximum speed and distance--Fine on excess only--Violation as misdemeanor. No vehicle hauling agricultural products from a harvesting combine to the point of first unloading is subject to enforcement action for violations not exceeding the legal limits imposed pursuant to § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 by more than ten percent. However, such vehicle may not exceed the speed of fifty miles per hour and is only exempt pursuant to this section within a range of fifty miles of the harvested field. If enforcement action is taken pursuant to this section, the fine or penalty shall apply to that portion of the load more than ten percent above the legal limit. The weight tolerance authorized in this section is not permitted on the interstate highway system. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1979, ch 225; SL 1980, ch 226, § 15; SL 1980, ch 228; SL 1983, ch 241, § 4; SL 1984, ch 230, § 36; SL 1987, ch 235, § 1; SL 1999, ch 163, § 1.